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... inftruc- tion was calculated . For , though the Poet's age , and that of his great critic , have never been properly distin- guished by any author , I have yet met with , I will ven- ture ture to say , that they differed as much , [ xii ]
... inftruc- tion was calculated . For , though the Poet's age , and that of his great critic , have never been properly distin- guished by any author , I have yet met with , I will ven- ture ture to say , that they differed as much , [ xii ]
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... say portraits , were his own ; and the scenery of his Mythology is Grecian ; and ( which strengthens our conjectures with regard to his country ) of the various perfpectives into which we may attempt to place this Greek my- thological ...
... say portraits , were his own ; and the scenery of his Mythology is Grecian ; and ( which strengthens our conjectures with regard to his country ) of the various perfpectives into which we may attempt to place this Greek my- thological ...
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... say it to my shame ) to read your perform- ance on Sacred Geography . you know enough of the in- ternal State of this Country & of the present State of Europe to be sensible of the attendance , which my du- ties in Parliament & in the ...
... say it to my shame ) to read your perform- ance on Sacred Geography . you know enough of the in- ternal State of this Country & of the present State of Europe to be sensible of the attendance , which my du- ties in Parliament & in the ...
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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