An Essay on the Original Genius of Homer (1769 and 1775)

Ægyptus Æneas Æneid againſt alſo ancient arts becauſe beſt character circumſtances coaft coaſt compofition confider confideration confiftence conjecture courſe deſcribed deſcription diftinct diſcover diſtance diſtinguiſhed Egypt eſtabliſhed expreffion faid fame favourable feems fhall fhew fhort fide fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furniſhed genius Greece Greek Herodotus Hiftorian himſelf hiſtory Homer idea Iliad and Odyffey intereſting Ionian iſland language leaſt lefs leſs manners meaſure Menelaus moft moſt muſt nature navigation neceffary Nile obfervations occafion Odyſſey original paffage paffions Palmyra perfons Pharos Pherecydes Poem Poet Poet's poetical preſent preſerved purpoſe Reader reaſon reſpect ſame ſay Scamander ſcene ſcenery ſcience ſea ſee ſeems ſeen ſeparate ſeveral ſhall ſhip ſhort ſhould ſome ſpot ſtate ſtill ſtory Strabo ſuppoſe Syros theſe thofe thoſe Thrace tion tranſlation Troade Trojan Trojan war Troy Ulyffes uſe Virgil wind writing Zephyrus