The complete works of Voltaire, 3. köide,2. osaInstitut et Musée Voltaire, 1968 |
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... Homer The chapter on Homer is a particularly illuminating example of a ' political ' change of approach tailored carefully to a French reader's perceived prejudices and interests . In the Essay , after flattery of the English in general ...
... Homer The chapter on Homer is a particularly illuminating example of a ' political ' change of approach tailored carefully to a French reader's perceived prejudices and interests . In the Essay , after flattery of the English in general ...
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... Homer in the French text would have been Hesiod's Works and days , 221 and also Pope's ' Essay on the life , writings and learning of Homer ' . In dating Homer to about 850 BC , Voltaire may have been following Newton's Chronology of ...
... Homer in the French text would have been Hesiod's Works and days , 221 and also Pope's ' Essay on the life , writings and learning of Homer ' . In dating Homer to about 850 BC , Voltaire may have been following Newton's Chronology of ...
Page 315
... Homer It would seem too assuming , and prove very useless , to expatiate upon Homer and Virgil , ' especially in England , where there is scarce a Gentleman unacquainted with Latin and Greek . 2 As to Homer , those who cannot read him ...
... Homer It would seem too assuming , and prove very useless , to expatiate upon Homer and Virgil , ' especially in England , where there is scarce a Gentleman unacquainted with Latin and Greek . 2 As to Homer , those who cannot read him ...
Contents
Introduction ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER An essay on the civil wars of France | 3 |
Critical edition by Richard Waller | 9 |
Acknowledgements | 11 |
Copyright | |
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