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... Olympus . " See Strabo and Mad . Dacier ; the firft is ob- fcure , and the latter feems to have mistaken his meaning . The Thef- T falians and Olympus were originally different parts of the fame mountain GENIUS OF HOMER . 137.
... Olympus . " See Strabo and Mad . Dacier ; the firft is ob- fcure , and the latter feems to have mistaken his meaning . The Thef- T falians and Olympus were originally different parts of the fame mountain GENIUS OF HOMER . 137.
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... feems to put this out of dispute . Now , as the use of an Alphabet , though difficult to find out , when once found is easily communicated , it is not ex- traordinary , that we should know little about the time , when it was introduced ...
... feems to put this out of dispute . Now , as the use of an Alphabet , though difficult to find out , when once found is easily communicated , it is not ex- traordinary , that we should know little about the time , when it was introduced ...
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... feems fo neceffary towards forming a juft judgment on that head , as that , Whether or no the use of Writing was known to Homer ? I am aware of the fmile which I fhall raise , by the most distant infinuation that Homer could neither ...
... feems fo neceffary towards forming a juft judgment on that head , as that , Whether or no the use of Writing was known to Homer ? I am aware of the fmile which I fhall raise , by the most distant infinuation that Homer could neither ...
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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