Some Observations Upon the Vindication of Homer, and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who Have Recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy, Written by I.B.S. Morritt |
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... tion . But this is not sufficiently logical , as I believe most will agree . I had omitted an article of reprehension which the Author here brings , in consequence of an argument , which I had advanced . It was a long time , he ( Mr. B ...
... tion . But this is not sufficiently logical , as I believe most will agree . I had omitted an article of reprehension which the Author here brings , in consequence of an argument , which I had advanced . It was a long time , he ( Mr. B ...
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... tion will not admit of a moments consideration . The Author , in making Strabo so much beholden to Demetrius did not consider , in- stead of lowering his authority , how much he increased it to the ruin of his own purpose . For as ...
... tion will not admit of a moments consideration . The Author , in making Strabo so much beholden to Demetrius did not consider , in- stead of lowering his authority , how much he increased it to the ruin of his own purpose . For as ...
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... tion about it : nor was the name of Troy known there . Mr. Chevalier , as we have seen , has placed it upon a hill inland ; and the Author of the Vindication follows him . But he ultimately differs from him , and differs from himself ...
... tion about it : nor was the name of Troy known there . Mr. Chevalier , as we have seen , has placed it upon a hill inland ; and the Author of the Vindication follows him . But he ultimately differs from him , and differs from himself ...
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... tion . The B. C. I am afraid , will be confuted upon his own evi- dence : for he maintains ( p . 635. ) that a large kingdom was formed , and a naval power established ; also many islands subdued , as early as the reign of Enomaus , the ...
... tion . The B. C. I am afraid , will be confuted upon his own evi- dence : for he maintains ( p . 635. ) that a large kingdom was formed , and a naval power established ; also many islands subdued , as early as the reign of Enomaus , the ...
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... tion has taken place . p . 637. And it is intimated , that Greece if we take the picture from Homer was in a situation ( when the great armament was made ) of all others the most conducive to the increase of the human species . It was ...
... tion has taken place . p . 637. And it is intimated , that Greece if we take the picture from Homer was in a situation ( when the great armament was made ) of all others the most conducive to the increase of the human species . It was ...
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Page vi - A Dissertation concerning the War of Troy;};, and the Expedition of the Grecians, as described by Homer ; shewing that no such Expedition was ever undertaken, and that no such City in Phrygia existed §, 1796.
Page vii - A Vindication of Homer and of the ancient poets and historians, who have recorded the siege and fall of Troy.
Page i - The History of Ilium or Troy : including the adjacent Country, and the opposite Coast of the Chersonesus of Thrace.
Page 124 - Xanthus' stream remain Creeps a small brook along the dusty plain. Whilst careless and securely on they pass, The Phrygian guide forbids to press the grass : This place, he said, forever sacred keep, "For here the sacred bones of Hector sleep. Then warns him to observe where, rudely cast, Disjointed stones lay broken and defaced: Here his last fate, he cries, did Priam prove; Here, on this altar of Hercsean Jove.
Page 34 - O'er hills, o'er dales, o'er crags, o'er rocks they go: Jumping, high o'er the shrubs of the rough ground, Rattle the clattering...
Page 26 - Grecians," and various objects, " with the course and fords of the river, are distinctly marked, so that the very landscape presents itself to the eye of 'the reader. — The poet also" mentions " several" subsequent " events — in medias res non secus ac notas auditorem rapit — " all which " casual references seem to have been portions of a traditional history well known in the time of Homer, but, as they are introduced almost undesignedly, they are generally attended with a great semblance of...
Page 125 - He said ; and hasted to his fleet away, Swift to repair the loss of this delay. Up sprung the wind, and with a freshening gale, The kind north-west fill'd every swelling sail; Light o'er the foamy waves the navy flew, Till Asia's shores and Rhodes no more they view. Six times the night her...
Page v - Observations upon a Treatise, entitled a Description of the Plain of Troy by Monsieur le Chevalier.
Page 123 - Once by great Neptune, and Apollo, rear'd :• There stood old Troy, a venerable name ; For ever consecrate to deathless fame. Now blasted mossy trunks with branches sear, Brambles and weeds, a loathsome forest rear...
Page 123 - Forever consecrate to deathless fame. Now blasted mossy trunks with branches sear, Brambles and weeds, a loathsome forest rear; Where once in palaces of regal state Old Priam and the Trojan princes sate.