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Page 205
... Homer . But my first morning hour or two ( now and then a letter which must be written excepted ) shall always be at your service till the whole is finished . " * In a subsequent letter he repeats , " I have no objection at all to being ...
... Homer . But my first morning hour or two ( now and then a letter which must be written excepted ) shall always be at your service till the whole is finished . " * In a subsequent letter he repeats , " I have no objection at all to being ...
Page 207
... Homer - and that something they will certainly never get from me . " One extract more to the same corres- pondent : " I write by morning candlelight ; my literary business obliging me to be an early riser . Homer demands me ; finished ...
... Homer - and that something they will certainly never get from me . " One extract more to the same corres- pondent : " I write by morning candlelight ; my literary business obliging me to be an early riser . Homer demands me ; finished ...
Page 268
... Homer , he antique dialect in a language so rapidly progres will , like Cowper , necessarily prove unsuccessful is the more sad , because here The grief was this , that , sunk in Homer's mine He lost his precious years then soon to fail ...
... Homer , he antique dialect in a language so rapidly progres will , like Cowper , necessarily prove unsuccessful is the more sad , because here The grief was this , that , sunk in Homer's mine He lost his precious years then soon to fail ...
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