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fome of his thoughts ) may methinks induce a tranflator on the one hand to give into feveral of those general phrases and manners of expreffion , which have attained a veneration even in our language from being used in the Old Teftament ...
fome of his thoughts ) may methinks induce a tranflator on the one hand to give into feveral of those general phrases and manners of expreffion , which have attained a veneration even in our language from being used in the Old Teftament ...
Page cxiv
when he tells us , " That Homer's poetry was in " the greater efteem , because it gave exceeding praise to those who fought against the Barba" rians . Our ancestors ( continues he ) honour" ed it with a place in education and musical ...
when he tells us , " That Homer's poetry was in " the greater efteem , because it gave exceeding praise to those who fought against the Barba" rians . Our ancestors ( continues he ) honour" ed it with a place in education and musical ...
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They are not now received for a rule of life , but valued for those just observations which are difperfed through them . They are no longer pronounced from oracles , but quoted ftill by authors for their learning .
They are not now received for a rule of life , but valued for those just observations which are difperfed through them . They are no longer pronounced from oracles , but quoted ftill by authors for their learning .
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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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