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It is to be obferved that this character of authority and wisdom in Neftor , is every where admirably used by Homer , and made to exert itself through all the great emergencies of the poem . As he quiets the Princes here , he proposes ...
It is to be obferved that this character of authority and wisdom in Neftor , is every where admirably used by Homer , and made to exert itself through all the great emergencies of the poem . As he quiets the Princes here , he proposes ...
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Homer has obferved the fame conduct with regard to the most deformed and most beautiful person of his poem : for Nireus is thus mentioned once and no more throughout the Iliad . He places a Aw'd by no fhame , by no refpect controul'd ...
Homer has obferved the fame conduct with regard to the most deformed and most beautiful person of his poem : for Nireus is thus mentioned once and no more throughout the Iliad . He places a Aw'd by no fhame , by no refpect controul'd ...
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OBSERVATIONS on the CATALOGUE , IT F we look upon this piece with an eye to ancient learning , it may be obferved , that however fabulous the other parts of Homer's poem may be , according to the nature of Epic Poetry ; this account of ...
OBSERVATIONS on the CATALOGUE , IT F we look upon this piece with an eye to ancient learning , it may be obferved , that however fabulous the other parts of Homer's poem may be , according to the nature of Epic Poetry ; this account of ...
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