The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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... fables ; viz . that by indulging our appetites we fink below the dignity of Human Nature , and degenerate into brutality . Soon in the luscious feast themselves they loft , 75 I am 30 Book X. HOMER'S ODYSSEY . 260 ...
... fables ; viz . that by indulging our appetites we fink below the dignity of Human Nature , and degenerate into brutality . Soon in the luscious feast themselves they loft , 75 I am 30 Book X. HOMER'S ODYSSEY . 260 ...
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... fable , and never had any existence , yet establish'd fame and common opinion jufti- fy a Poet for ufing it . What has been more ridicul'd than the winds being inclofed in a bag by Ĉolus , and committed to Ulyffes ? but as abfurd as ...
... fable , and never had any existence , yet establish'd fame and common opinion jufti- fy a Poet for ufing it . What has been more ridicul'd than the winds being inclofed in a bag by Ĉolus , and committed to Ulyffes ? but as abfurd as ...
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... fable is , that all pleasure is not unlawful , but the accefs of it : We may enjoy , provided it be with moderation . Ulyffes ' does not tafte till he is fortify'd against it ; whereas his compani- ons yielded without any care or ...
... fable is , that all pleasure is not unlawful , but the accefs of it : We may enjoy , provided it be with moderation . Ulyffes ' does not tafte till he is fortify'd against it ; whereas his compani- ons yielded without any care or ...
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... Fables and Hiftories that at once in- ftru & t and delight . It is particularly happy with refpect to the Phencians , who could not but highly admire a person whose wif- dom had not only deliver'd him from fo many perils on earth , but ...
... Fables and Hiftories that at once in- ftru & t and delight . It is particularly happy with refpect to the Phencians , who could not but highly admire a person whose wif- dom had not only deliver'd him from fo many perils on earth , but ...
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... fable ram , the pride of all thy breed . Thefe folemn vows and holy offrings paid To all the Phantom - nations of the dead ; Be next thy care the fable fheep to place Full o'er the pit , and hell - ward turn their face 630 But from the ...
... fable ram , the pride of all thy breed . Thefe folemn vows and holy offrings paid To all the Phantom - nations of the dead ; Be next thy care the fable fheep to place Full o'er the pit , and hell - ward turn their face 630 But from the ...
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