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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... whofe deftruction they annex a pofitive date . Theophilus , Bishop of Antioch , infers from Manetho , that Mofes and the Hebrews were 900 or 1000 years antecedent to the Trojan , or rather Ilian war ; προγενέσερον είναι τον Μῶσην καὶ ...
... whofe deftruction they annex a pofitive date . Theophilus , Bishop of Antioch , infers from Manetho , that Mofes and the Hebrews were 900 or 1000 years antecedent to the Trojan , or rather Ilian war ; προγενέσερον είναι τον Μῶσην καὶ ...
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... whofe duration has been greater than that of any of their veffels . The other objection of their not being recruit- ed is equally founded on Homer's filence . We read however of the recruits brought afterwards by Pyrrhus ; and allowing ...
... whofe duration has been greater than that of any of their veffels . The other objection of their not being recruit- ed is equally founded on Homer's filence . We read however of the recruits brought afterwards by Pyrrhus ; and allowing ...
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... whofe force perhaps fwollen with showers , and collected in the Hellefpont , he fuppofed was the cause of the inundation that overwhelmed the rampart . Now had fuch a fofs and rampart exifted , Mr. Bryant is of opinion that no time ...
... whofe force perhaps fwollen with showers , and collected in the Hellefpont , he fuppofed was the cause of the inundation that overwhelmed the rampart . Now had fuch a fofs and rampart exifted , Mr. Bryant is of opinion that no time ...
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... whofe attachment to a fyftem is not strong enough to make them fet afide pofitive facts , must acknowledge that Strabo's story is at least more likely than Mr. Bryant's , as it is fupported by the concurrent teftimony of other ...
... whofe attachment to a fyftem is not strong enough to make them fet afide pofitive facts , must acknowledge that Strabo's story is at least more likely than Mr. Bryant's , as it is fupported by the concurrent teftimony of other ...
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... whofe obfcure pages their names and scraps have been transfufed , informed us they had done fo ? No ; if they wrote at all , their writings confirm and accord with Homer , at least so we must continue to believe , till Mr. Bryant , from ...
... whofe obfcure pages their names and scraps have been transfufed , informed us they had done fo ? No ; if they wrote at all , their writings confirm and accord with Homer , at least so we must continue to believe , till Mr. Bryant , from ...
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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!