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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... remarks to have been of an arrogant turn , and an enthusiast in poetry . His own boast of having finish'd half the Iliad in less than fifteen weeks , fhews with what negligence his verfion was perform'd . But that which is to be al low ...
... remarks to have been of an arrogant turn , and an enthusiast in poetry . His own boast of having finish'd half the Iliad in less than fifteen weeks , fhews with what negligence his verfion was perform'd . But that which is to be al low ...
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... remarks are perifhed , as things that men were ashamed to preserve , the juft defert of whatever arifes from the miferable principles of ill will or envy . In Syria and other parts of Afia . It was not the ambition of Ægypt only to have ...
... remarks are perifhed , as things that men were ashamed to preserve , the juft defert of whatever arifes from the miferable principles of ill will or envy . In Syria and other parts of Afia . It was not the ambition of Ægypt only to have ...
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... remark , that there is hardly any thing in him , which has not been pitched upon by fome author or other as a particular beauty . The extent and height of their reputation in the Heathen world . It is almoft incredible to what an height ...
... remark , that there is hardly any thing in him , which has not been pitched upon by fome author or other as a particular beauty . The extent and height of their reputation in the Heathen world . It is almoft incredible to what an height ...
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... remarks which the Philofophers made upon them , have their weight with us ; thofe beauties which the Poets dwelt upon , their admiration And even after the abatement of what was extravagant in his run of praise , he remains confeffedly ...
... remarks which the Philofophers made upon them , have their weight with us ; thofe beauties which the Poets dwelt upon , their admiration And even after the abatement of what was extravagant in his run of praise , he remains confeffedly ...
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... remarks are rather philofophical , historical , geogra- phical , allegorical , or in fhort rather any thing than critical and poe- tical . Even the Grammarians , tho ' their whole bufinefs and ufe be only to render the words of an ...
... remarks are rather philofophical , historical , geogra- phical , allegorical , or in fhort rather any thing than critical and poe- tical . Even the Grammarians , tho ' their whole bufinefs and ufe be only to render the words of an ...
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