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She afcends to Heaven , and he being left to himself , falls again upon his General with bitter expreffions . The allegory here may be allowed by every reader to be unforced : the prudence of Achilles checks him in the rashest moment of ...
She afcends to Heaven , and he being left to himself , falls again upon his General with bitter expreffions . The allegory here may be allowed by every reader to be unforced : the prudence of Achilles checks him in the rashest moment of ...
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As for the story itself , fome have thought ( with whom is Madam Dacier ) that there was fome imperfect tradition of the fall of the Angels for their rebellion , which the Greeks had received by commerce with Egypt ...
As for the story itself , fome have thought ( with whom is Madam Dacier ) that there was fome imperfect tradition of the fall of the Angels for their rebellion , which the Greeks had received by commerce with Egypt ...
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... which is fignified by the fall of Vulcan ; that he fell in Lemnos , becaufe that Ifland abounds with fubterranean fires ... or imperfection by the fall ; the fire not " being fo pure and active below , but mixed and terreftrial .
... which is fignified by the fall of Vulcan ; that he fell in Lemnos , becaufe that Ifland abounds with fubterranean fires ... or imperfection by the fall ; the fire not " being fo pure and active below , but mixed and terreftrial .
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| Title | The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1 The Iliad of Homer, Alexander Pope |
| Author | Homer |
| Translated by | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | Charles Rivington, 1760 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Aug 25, 2006 |
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