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This is a field in which no fucceeding poets could dispute with Homer ; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head , are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle , but for their judgment in ...
This is a field in which no fucceeding poets could dispute with Homer ; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head , are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle , but for their judgment in ...
Page cix
Behind is Time waiting upon him , and a figure with turrets on his head , which fignifies the World , crowning him with the Laurel . Before him is an altar , at which all the Arts are facrificing to him as to their Deity .
Behind is Time waiting upon him , and a figure with turrets on his head , which fignifies the World , crowning him with the Laurel . Before him is an altar , at which all the Arts are facrificing to him as to their Deity .
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fee how their fortunes and characters ftand in contrast to each other , for examples to future ages , at the head of the two contrary forts of criticism , which proceed from good - nature or from ill - will . The one was honoured with ...
fee how their fortunes and characters ftand in contrast to each other , for examples to future ages , at the head of the two contrary forts of criticism , which proceed from good - nature or from ill - will . The one was honoured with ...
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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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