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... Homer knew the whole art of lying , and has taught other poets the way . Δεδίδαχε δὲ μάλιςα Ομηρον καὶ τὰς ἄλλες ψευδή λέγειν ὡς δεῖ . Ariftot . περὶ ποιητ . κεφ . κα . Horace has given this an elegant turn in his art of poetry ...
... Homer knew the whole art of lying , and has taught other poets the way . Δεδίδαχε δὲ μάλιςα Ομηρον καὶ τὰς ἄλλες ψευδή λέγειν ὡς δεῖ . Ariftot . περὶ ποιητ . κεφ . κα . Horace has given this an elegant turn in his art of poetry ...
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... Homer , Od . . 55 . Ξεῖν ἔ μοι θέμις ἔσ ̓ ἐδ ̓ εἰ κακίων σέθεν ἔλθοι , Ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι · πρὸς γὰς Δίος εἰσιν ἅπανίες Ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε . Hence among the Greeks , Zivs E , and the Latins , Jupiter hofpitalis . Virg . Aen . I , 735 ...
... Homer , Od . . 55 . Ξεῖν ἔ μοι θέμις ἔσ ̓ ἐδ ̓ εἰ κακίων σέθεν ἔλθοι , Ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι · πρὸς γὰς Δίος εἰσιν ἅπανίες Ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε . Hence among the Greeks , Zivs E , and the Latins , Jupiter hofpitalis . Virg . Aen . I , 735 ...
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... well as Gentiles ; particularly that of the hands . Homer , II . X. 266 . Χερσὶ δ ' ανίπλωσιν . Διὰ λοίβουν αἴθυπα Γοπου Αζυμπι D Hence } 34 ' Tis much happier for a man never Sect . 5 . 33 on SHAKESPEARE . Again looking on his hands, ...
... well as Gentiles ; particularly that of the hands . Homer , II . X. 266 . Χερσὶ δ ' ανίπλωσιν . Διὰ λοίβουν αἴθυπα Γοπου Αζυμπι D Hence } 34 ' Tis much happier for a man never Sect . 5 . 33 on SHAKESPEARE . Again looking on his hands, ...
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... Homer ought not to be paffed over ; in his Odyff . B. XI . Ulyffes calls up Tirefias . Our poet will bear comparison with any of these . 16 See a mafque of Johnson's at Whitehall , Feb. 2. 1609 . which feems to have preceded this play ...
... Homer ought not to be paffed over ; in his Odyff . B. XI . Ulyffes calls up Tirefias . Our poet will bear comparison with any of these . 16 See a mafque of Johnson's at Whitehall , Feb. 2. 1609 . which feems to have preceded this play ...
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... Homer , Od . . 221 . Νηπενθές τ ̓ ἄχολόν τε , κακῶν ἐπίληθον ἁπανίων . i . e . the oblivious antidote , caufing the forgetfulness of all the evils of life . What is remarkable , had Shakespeare understood Greek as well as Johnson , he ...
... Homer , Od . . 221 . Νηπενθές τ ̓ ἄχολόν τε , κακῶν ἐπίληθον ἁπανίων . i . e . the oblivious antidote , caufing the forgetfulness of all the evils of life . What is remarkable , had Shakespeare understood Greek as well as Johnson , he ...
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