The Spectator ...Charles Whittingham, 1803 |
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Page 67
... Homer has made use of it , but we find the Jewish hero in the book of Maccabees , who had fought the battles of the chosen people with so much glory and success , receiving in his dream a sword from the hand of the prophet Jeremiah ...
... Homer has made use of it , but we find the Jewish hero in the book of Maccabees , who had fought the battles of the chosen people with so much glory and success , receiving in his dream a sword from the hand of the prophet Jeremiah ...
Page 69
... Homer , be- fore he entered upon this engagement of the angels . Homer there gives us a scene of men , heroes , and gods , mixed together in battle . Mars animates the contending armies , and lifts up his voice in such a manner , that ...
... Homer , be- fore he entered upon this engagement of the angels . Homer there gives us a scene of men , heroes , and gods , mixed together in battle . Mars animates the contending armies , and lifts up his voice in such a manner , that ...
Page 199
the critics have treated of . It is certain , Homer and Virgil are full of imaginary persons , who are very beautiful in poetry when they are just shewn without being engaged in any series of action . Homer indeed represents Sleep as a ...
the critics have treated of . It is certain , Homer and Virgil are full of imaginary persons , who are very beautiful in poetry when they are just shewn without being engaged in any series of action . Homer indeed represents Sleep as a ...
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