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" After him most of the Greek and Roman authors proceeded to the altar, and surrendered with great modesty and humility the most faulty part of their works. One circumstance was observable, that the sacrifice always increased in proportion as the author... "
Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse - Page 5
by George Colman - 1787
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The Adventurer, Volume 3

1793 - 328 pages
...and Roman authors proceeded to the altar, and furrendered with great modefty and humility the mofl faulty part of their works. One circumftance was obfervable,...into the compafs of a primer. It gave me the higheft fatisfa&ion to fee Philofophy thus cleared from erroneous principles, Hiftory purged of falfehood,...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 24

British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...most faulty part of their works. One circumstance was observable, that the sacrifice always increased in proportion as the author had ventured to deviate...imitation of Homer. The latter Roman authors, who seemed almost to have lost sight of him, made so large offerings, that some of their works, which were...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 334 pages
...most faulty part of their works. One circumstance was observable, that the sacrifice always increased in proportion as the author had ventured to deviate...imitation of Homer. The latter Roman authors, who seemed almost to have lost sight of him, made so large offerings, that some of their works, which were...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 650 pages
...most faulty part of their works. One circumstance was observable, that the sacrifice always increased in proportion as the author had ventured to deviate...imitation of Homer. The latter Roman authors, who seemed almost to have lost sight of him, made so large offerings, that some of their works, which were...
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The Adventurer, Volume 2

John Hawkesworth - English essays - 1823 - 302 pages
...most faulty part of their works. One circumstance was observable, that the sacrifice always increased in proportion as the author had ventured to deviate...imitation of Homer. The latter Roman authors, who seemed almost to have lost sight of him, made so large offerings that some of their works, which were...
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