The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1756 |
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... She , finding herself with child , and being " touched with the fhame of what had happened to her , remov'd from thence to a place called Egina . There " The " The was taken in an excursion made by robbers 10 An ESSAY on HOMER .
... She , finding herself with child , and being " touched with the fhame of what had happened to her , remov'd from thence to a place called Egina . There " The " The was taken in an excursion made by robbers 10 An ESSAY on HOMER .
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... she brought " forth Homer and expired . The infant was taken by " Mæon , and bred up as his fon , till the Death of that " Prince . " And from this point of the ftory the Poet is let down into his traditional poverty . Here we fee ...
... she brought " forth Homer and expired . The infant was taken by " Mæon , and bred up as his fon , till the Death of that " Prince . " And from this point of the ftory the Poet is let down into his traditional poverty . Here we fee ...
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... " That there was one Daphne the daughter of Tirefias , who from " her infpirations obtain'd the title of a Sibyl . She f Diod . Sic . 7. 4 . " had 66 " had a very extraordinary genius , and being 8 An ESSAY , on HOMER .
... " That there was one Daphne the daughter of Tirefias , who from " her infpirations obtain'd the title of a Sibyl . She f Diod . Sic . 7. 4 . " had 66 " had a very extraordinary genius , and being 8 An ESSAY , on HOMER .
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... she therefore named Melefigenes . Upon this fhe left me- nias , and supported herself by her labour , till Phemius ( who taught a fchool in Smyrna ) fell in love with her , and married her . But both dying in procefs of time , the ...
... she therefore named Melefigenes . Upon this fhe left me- nias , and supported herself by her labour , till Phemius ( who taught a fchool in Smyrna ) fell in love with her , and married her . But both dying in procefs of time , the ...
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... She has made a farther attempt than her predeceffors to discover the beauties of the Poet ; though we have often only her general praises , and exclamations inftead of reafons . But her remarks all together are the moft judicious ...
... She has made a farther attempt than her predeceffors to discover the beauties of the Poet ; though we have often only her general praises , and exclamations inftead of reafons . But her remarks all together are the moft judicious ...
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Page 28 - When wert thou known in ambufh'd fights to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 *Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try. Thine to look on, and bid the Valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a