The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... Homer , several times translated into French . Essay on Man , by the Abbé Reynel , in verfe ; by Monfieur Silhout , in profe , 1737 , and since by others in French , Italian , and Latin . on on their repentance or better merit , as ...
... Homer , several times translated into French . Essay on Man , by the Abbé Reynel , in verfe ; by Monfieur Silhout , in profe , 1737 , and since by others in French , Italian , and Latin . on on their repentance or better merit , as ...
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... Homer , namely , a d¿mon . For thus Mr. Gil- don ( n ) : " Certain it is , that his original is not from Adam , 66 ( a ) Giles Jacob's lives of Poets , vol . ii . in his Life . ( b ) Den- nis's reflections on the essay on crit . ( c ) ...
... Homer , namely , a d¿mon . For thus Mr. Gil- don ( n ) : " Certain it is , that his original is not from Adam , 66 ( a ) Giles Jacob's lives of Poets , vol . ii . in his Life . ( b ) Den- nis's reflections on the essay on crit . ( c ) ...
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... Homer breathes all through this tranflation . - I am in doubt whether " I should most admire the justness of the original , “ or the force and beauty of the language , or the " sounding variety of the numbers . But when I find " all ...
... Homer breathes all through this tranflation . - I am in doubt whether " I should most admire the justness of the original , “ or the force and beauty of the language , or the " sounding variety of the numbers . But when I find " all ...
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... Homer which have been published already by " Mr. Pope , give us reason to think that the Iliad " will appear in English with as little disadvantage to that immortal poem . " As to the rest , there is a flight mistake ; for this younger ...
... Homer which have been published already by " Mr. Pope , give us reason to think that the Iliad " will appear in English with as little disadvantage to that immortal poem . " As to the rest , there is a flight mistake ; for this younger ...
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... . on his tranflation of Homer , vol . 1. p . 1o . ( d ) Poem prefixed to his works , vol . i . p . 21 . poems , printed for B. Lintot . C3 ( e ) In his ners of the times , calleth out upon our poet. ners quemque OF AUTHORS . 29.
... . on his tranflation of Homer , vol . 1. p . 1o . ( d ) Poem prefixed to his works , vol . i . p . 21 . poems , printed for B. Lintot . C3 ( e ) In his ners of the times , calleth out upon our poet. ners quemque OF AUTHORS . 29.
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