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Page 252
... Iliad with Mr. Pope's translation , " whereby he put himself in a congenial strain for undertaking 66 66 " to do justice to his author . It carries the appearance of " much assiduity , and its worth is enhanced by a great number " of ...
... Iliad with Mr. Pope's translation , " whereby he put himself in a congenial strain for undertaking 66 66 " to do justice to his author . It carries the appearance of " much assiduity , and its worth is enhanced by a great number " of ...
Page 477
... like the rest of the world , for a long time considered as a fiction the " story of that industrious writer , who is said to have enclosed the Iliad have bibliographers been more eloquent , or bestowed a greater HOMER . 477.
... like the rest of the world , for a long time considered as a fiction the " story of that industrious writer , who is said to have enclosed the Iliad have bibliographers been more eloquent , or bestowed a greater HOMER . 477.
Page 478
... Iliad . And this he proved in their presence , " by using a piece of paper , and with a common pen . The thing is pos- " sible to be effected ; and if on any occasion paper should be most ex- 66 cessively rare , it may be useful to know ...
... Iliad . And this he proved in their presence , " by using a piece of paper , and with a common pen . The thing is pos- " sible to be effected ; and if on any occasion paper should be most ex- 66 cessively rare , it may be useful to know ...
Page 480
... Iliad , which ends on the reverse of the 208th leaf ; and on the recto of the ensuing leaf the Odyssey commences , and ends on the reverse of signature XXI ; on the recto of the next leaf the Batracho- myomachia commences , it occupies ...
... Iliad , which ends on the reverse of the 208th leaf ; and on the recto of the ensuing leaf the Odyssey commences , and ends on the reverse of signature XXI ; on the recto of the next leaf the Batracho- myomachia commences , it occupies ...
Page 482
... Iliad , and to the second , containing the Ulyssea , Batrachomyomachia et Hymni xxxii . ' The dedication to vol . i . is as follows : " Laurentio Bartholino Protonotario Apostolico Antonius " Francinus Varchiensis . S. Oblivionis ...
... Iliad , and to the second , containing the Ulyssea , Batrachomyomachia et Hymni xxxii . ' The dedication to vol . i . is as follows : " Laurentio Bartholino Protonotario Apostolico Antonius " Francinus Varchiensis . S. Oblivionis ...
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Page 494 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
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Page 521 - As for its being esteemed a close translation, I doubt not, many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original, line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned.
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