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Page 188
... Iliad , some years afterwards , he departed from his own decision , and translated into rhyme . When he has any objection to obviate , or any license to defend , he is not very scrupulous about what he asserts , nor very cautious , if ...
... Iliad , some years afterwards , he departed from his own decision , and translated into rhyme . When he has any objection to obviate , or any license to defend , he is not very scrupulous about what he asserts , nor very cautious , if ...
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... Iliad . It is certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen ; and its publication must therefore be considered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning . To those who have skill to estimate the ...
... Iliad . It is certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen ; and its publication must therefore be considered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning . To those who have skill to estimate the ...
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... Iliad , and the latter books of the Iliad less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled him to write the next with more facility . The books of Fenton have very few alterations by the hand of Pope ...
... Iliad , and the latter books of the Iliad less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled him to write the next with more facility . The books of Fenton have very few alterations by the hand of Pope ...
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