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he appcars from his preface and remarks to have been of an arrogant turn , and an enthufiaft in poetry . His own boast of having finifhed half the Iliad in less than fifteen weeks , fhews with what negligence his verfion was performed .
he appcars from his preface and remarks to have been of an arrogant turn , and an enthufiaft in poetry . His own boast of having finifhed half the Iliad in less than fifteen weeks , fhews with what negligence his verfion was performed .
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It was refolved to take the trouble of reading through that voluminous work , and the reader may be affured those remarks that any way concern the poetry , or art of the poet , are much fewer than is imagined . The greater part of these ...
It was refolved to take the trouble of reading through that voluminous work , and the reader may be affured those remarks that any way concern the poetry , or art of the poet , are much fewer than is imagined . The greater part of these ...
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This Monfieur Dacier , in his notes on Ariftotle's art of poetry , calls a Remark perfectly fine and agreeable to God's method of fending plagues on the Egyptians , where firft horses , affes , & c . were fmitten , and afterwards the ...
This Monfieur Dacier , in his notes on Ariftotle's art of poetry , calls a Remark perfectly fine and agreeable to God's method of fending plagues on the Egyptians , where firft horses , affes , & c . were fmitten , and afterwards the ...
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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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