A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who Have Recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy: In Answer to Two Late Publications of Mr. Bryant. With a Map and Plates |
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... believe the reader will hardly acquiefce in Mr. Bryant's conclufion against the possi- bility of the expedition . The next objection which Mr. Bryant makes to Homer's hif- tory , is founded on the incredibility of fo great a number of ...
... believe the reader will hardly acquiefce in Mr. Bryant's conclufion against the possi- bility of the expedition . The next objection which Mr. Bryant makes to Homer's hif- tory , is founded on the incredibility of fo great a number of ...
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... believe unnoticed by the very early authors . It is one of those fables engrafted on the hif- tory of a remarkable event by after ages ; and if it proves any thing at all , it corroborates the fact , by fhewing that there were ...
... believe unnoticed by the very early authors . It is one of those fables engrafted on the hif- tory of a remarkable event by after ages ; and if it proves any thing at all , it corroborates the fact , by fhewing that there were ...
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... believe that they are the only pure original parts of fo complicated a structure . Many writers quoted by Tatian and Clemens Alexandrinus and uncertain to be were of opinion that Homer was an Egyptian . Ptolomy He- phestion , an author ...
... believe that they are the only pure original parts of fo complicated a structure . Many writers quoted by Tatian and Clemens Alexandrinus and uncertain to be were of opinion that Homer was an Egyptian . Ptolomy He- phestion , an author ...
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... believe that a City in Arabia was built , or a colony founded there by Trojan captives ? " but if this Troy was only a village , and if there were alfo other inftances of towns being founded by captives , the objection will be answered ...
... believe that a City in Arabia was built , or a colony founded there by Trojan captives ? " but if this Troy was only a village , and if there were alfo other inftances of towns being founded by captives , the objection will be answered ...
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... believe that the rest of the Trojan auxiliaries travelled from Afia into Egypt ? but if Mr. Bryant denies the fact , and attributes the whole of the story to Homer's imagination , he must allow that this circumftance of Memnon may be ...
... believe that the rest of the Trojan auxiliaries travelled from Afia into Egypt ? but if Mr. Bryant denies the fact , and attributes the whole of the story to Homer's imagination , he must allow that this circumftance of Memnon may be ...
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Page 85 - Mean-time the * Monarch of the watery main Obferv'd the Thunderer, nor obferv'd in vain. In Samothracia, on a mountain's brow, Whofe waving woods o'erhung the deeps below, 20 He fate ; and round him caft his azure eyej, Where Ida's mifty tops confus'dly rife ; * Neptune.
Page 88 - Mark how resistless through the floods he goes, And boldly bids the warring gods be foes ! But nor that force, nor form divine to sight...
Page 87 - Where the high watch-tower overlooks the plain ; Now where the fig-trees fpread their umbrage broad (A wider compafs) fmoke along the road. Next by Scamander's double fource they bound...
Page 49 - And frantic Passions hear thy soft control. On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curbed the fury of his car And dropped his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the...
Page 90 - Tlic cold spring gushes out from four or five crevices at the foot of the rock, which forms the foreground of this picture. At the small distance here delineated, another spring arises, which, at the time I was there, was of considerable warmth.
Page 76 - There feems befides to be ftill lefs reafon for fuppofing it to have exifted in Egypt. Conjectures upon Homer's life and writings may be anfwered by other conjectures, but in reality as they prove nothing, they need not be anfwered at all...
Page 85 - Thunderer, nor obferv'd in vain. In Samothracia, on a mountain's brow, Whofe waving woods o'erhung the deeps below, 1r» He fate; and round him caft his azure eyes, Where Ida's mifty tops confus'dly rife ; B z Below* * Neptune.
Page 32 - ... a crowd of unwarranted names to fupport them. Nor can we but admire at the contradictory nature of this proceeding; that names of works, which either never were in being, or never worthy to live...
Page 3 - B's.) ftatements are always perfectly fair: And, if he finds, that interpretations are given by him to clafjka!