The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen13John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... first in his account , and Homer , lived four hundred years and no more before himfelf ; this must carry no small weight with it , when we con- fider it as delivered down to us by the oldelt Greek hiftorian we have . 7. From bis ...
... first in his account , and Homer , lived four hundred years and no more before himfelf ; this must carry no small weight with it , when we con- fider it as delivered down to us by the oldelt Greek hiftorian we have . 7. From bis ...
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... first they call Egyά , works , and the second Hurgu , days ; others call the first Eyga xai Husgas , works and days , and the second Ilusga only , which part confifts of but fixty - four lines : where I mention the number of verses in ...
... first they call Egyά , works , and the second Hurgu , days ; others call the first Eyga xai Husgas , works and days , and the second Ilusga only , which part confifts of but fixty - four lines : where I mention the number of verses in ...
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... first offspring ; to which the fecond line here quoted has a plain reference ; and orbemque fub illo infantem , which Mr. Creech has omitted , may either mean the world in general , or by sub illo being annexed , hell , which ...
... first offspring ; to which the fecond line here quoted has a plain reference ; and orbemque fub illo infantem , which Mr. Creech has omitted , may either mean the world in general , or by sub illo being annexed , hell , which ...
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... first author of them was Hefiod ; and Plutarch informs us that fop was his difciple : but this opinion , though countenanced by fome , is exploded by others . When we reflect on the number of titles , the poems to which are irreparably ...
... first author of them was Hefiod ; and Plutarch informs us that fop was his difciple : but this opinion , though countenanced by fome , is exploded by others . When we reflect on the number of titles , the poems to which are irreparably ...
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... First Vulcan form'd of earth the blufhing maid ; Minerva next perform'd the task affign'd , With ev'ry female art adorn'd her mind . To drefs her Suada , and the Graces join ; Around her perfon , lo ! the di'monds shine . To deck her ...
... First Vulcan form'd of earth the blufhing maid ; Minerva next perform'd the task affign'd , With ev'ry female art adorn'd her mind . To drefs her Suada , and the Graces join ; Around her perfon , lo ! the di'monds shine . To deck her ...
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