 | 1705 - 620 pages
...Mind, And change his vain Defigns, And could no fitter Method find, 1 Then fending him thefe Lines: Seven -wealthy Towns contend for Homer Dead, Through which the Living Homer heggdhis Bread. A Tanegyrick upon Gates. OF all the Grain our Nation yields In Orchard, Gardens, or... | |
 | Select epigrams - 1797 - 224 pages
...purfues his fell defign ;— Writes fcoundrel verfes, — and then fays they're mine. A CURE FOR POETRY. SEVEN wealthy towns contend for HOMER dead, Through which the living HOMER begg'd his bread. AN IMITATION OF SOME VERSES IN THE LUSUS WESTMONASTER1ENSES*. C.KCUS AMOR SUI EST.... | |
 | 1807 - 218 pages
...me without any warning, I was well at niglit, and dead at nine in the morning. THE FATE OF POETRY. SEVEN wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his broad. EPITAPH, ON AN IRISH CHAIRMAN. WEEP, Irish lads, all true and fair men; Here rests... | |
 | Plutarch - 1816 - 360 pages
...islands. (L.) Smyrna claimed the honour of Homer's birth, but this was disputed by six other cities ; Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread. But Homer's was not a singular fate : He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...dnve, II heard thy anxious coachman say, I It cost thee more in whips than nay. A Cure for Poetry. SEVEN wealthy towns contend for Homer , dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his 1 bread ! On some Snow which welled on a Lady'tBrtatt. THE envious snow comes down in haste... | |
 | Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), John Adolphus - 1820 - 902 pages
...soldiers. This reminded him of the treatment of the great bard of antiquity, of whom it was said— " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through...an elegant modern poet — " The great have still some kindness in reserve, They help to bury whom they helped to »tañe." (Hear.) The worthy Alderman... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1822 - 410 pages
...soldiers. This reminded him of the treatment of the great bard of antiquity, of whom it was said — " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through...use the expressive words of an elegant modern poet — • • ' .'.ui, " The great have still some kindness in reserve, They help to bury whom they helped... | |
 | 1823 - 512 pages
...him among the best English composers ; as fully evinced by public testimonies: — " Seven Grecian towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." Many interesting facts, with good and useful hints to musicians, and to their patrons, are quoted in... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 pages
...Athene ; Orín-* de patria certat, Homere tua. Or, as a modern poet has complained : — Seven mighty towns contend for Homer dead. Through which the living Homer begged his bread. We have no authentic particulars of his life. The most regular account is that which goes under the... | |
 | 1831 - 256 pages
...not he a male ? Joe hates a hypocrite ; it shows Self-lwe is not a fault of Joe's. A CURE FOR POETRY. Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. THE NABOB AND BEGGAR. VVitli feeble voice and deep desponding sighs, With sallow cheek and pity-asking... | |
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Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. 
