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... fome idea of what oc- curred to us , as travellers through those countries , where Homer had formed his conception of things , I fubmit- ted my thoughts upon this head fome years ago to the judgment of a friend " , who , from his ...
... fome idea of what oc- curred to us , as travellers through those countries , where Homer had formed his conception of things , I fubmit- ted my thoughts upon this head fome years ago to the judgment of a friend " , who , from his ...
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... fome idea of what occurred to us , as travellers through those countries where Homer had formed his conception of things , I tranfmitted fome thoughts upon this head a few years fince from Rome , to a friend , who , from his peculiar ...
... fome idea of what occurred to us , as travellers through those countries where Homer had formed his conception of things , I tranfmitted fome thoughts upon this head a few years fince from Rome , to a friend , who , from his peculiar ...
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... fome places under a per- spective , to which such a point of view is abfolutely necessary . The first inftance I fhall offer , in fupport of this opinion , is his placing the Locrians be- yond Eubœa ; a piece of geography , which ...
... fome places under a per- spective , to which such a point of view is abfolutely necessary . The first inftance I fhall offer , in fupport of this opinion , is his placing the Locrians be- yond Eubœa ; a piece of geography , which ...
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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