The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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... winds , and inclofes the adverfe ones in a Bag , which his companions untying , they are driven back again , and rejected . Then they fail to the Leftrigons , where they lofe ele- ven fhips , and with one only remaining , pro- ceed to ...
... winds , and inclofes the adverfe ones in a Bag , which his companions untying , they are driven back again , and rejected . Then they fail to the Leftrigons , where they lofe ele- ven fhips , and with one only remaining , pro- ceed to ...
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... Winds taken its foundation ? Euftathius tells us , that he was a very wife man , and one who from long obfervation could foretell what weather was like to follow : others fay he was an Aftronomer , and ftudied chiefly the nature of the ...
... Winds taken its foundation ? Euftathius tells us , that he was a very wife man , and one who from long obfervation could foretell what weather was like to follow : others fay he was an Aftronomer , and ftudied chiefly the nature of the ...
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... Winds . But what explication ean be given of this bag , in which he is faid to bind the Winds ? Eratosthenes , continues Euftathius , faid pleafantly , that we shall then find the places where Ulyffes voyag'd , when we have discover'd ...
... Winds . But what explication ean be given of this bag , in which he is faid to bind the Winds ? Eratosthenes , continues Euftathius , faid pleafantly , that we shall then find the places where Ulyffes voyag'd , when we have discover'd ...
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... winds . Cap . 7. Tapi v ↓ s . 1.3 . A floating fle- - ] The word in the orginal is Th : fome take it , as Euftathius remarks , for a proper name ; but Ariftarchus believes Homer intended to exprefs by it a floating Inland , that was ...
... winds . Cap . 7. Tapi v ↓ s . 1.3 . A floating fle- - ] The word in the orginal is Th : fome take it , as Euftathius remarks , for a proper name ; but Ariftarchus believes Homer intended to exprefs by it a floating Inland , that was ...
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... winds , and gives him twelve children , these denote the twelve principal winds ; half of which children are males , half females ; the males denote the winter winds , which as it were brood upon the earth , and generate its increase ...
... winds , and gives him twelve children , these denote the twelve principal winds ; half of which children are males , half females ; the males denote the winter winds , which as it were brood upon the earth , and generate its increase ...
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