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But a true poetic spirit or genius seems never to have depended upon such agents . We utterly abominate and detest every remark or insinuation that tends to hold up in the light of sympathy the literary efforts of a class , who have in ...
But a true poetic spirit or genius seems never to have depended upon such agents . We utterly abominate and detest every remark or insinuation that tends to hold up in the light of sympathy the literary efforts of a class , who have in ...
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So many fabulous accounts have been given of this prince of poets , by his early biographers , that some rather too skeptical , now deny even his existence . His wonderful poems , however , ( the Iliad and Odyssey , ) stand as monuments ...
So many fabulous accounts have been given of this prince of poets , by his early biographers , that some rather too skeptical , now deny even his existence . His wonderful poems , however , ( the Iliad and Odyssey , ) stand as monuments ...
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... our poet reinoved to Cuma . Here he was received with great joy , and his poems highly applauded . But when he proposed to immortalize their city by writing a poem in its praise , on condition that he should be supported by HOMER .
... our poet reinoved to Cuma . Here he was received with great joy , and his poems highly applauded . But when he proposed to immortalize their city by writing a poem in its praise , on condition that he should be supported by HOMER .
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Finding his generous offer so ill deserved by the citizens of Cuma , he left that city , uttering this im . precation : “ May no poets ever be born in Cuma to celebrate it by their poems . " He afterward wandered for several years from ...
Finding his generous offer so ill deserved by the citizens of Cuma , he left that city , uttering this im . precation : “ May no poets ever be born in Cuma to celebrate it by their poems . " He afterward wandered for several years from ...
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In speaking of the growing interest of the Iliad , and the poet's fancy , he says : “ It is , however , remarkable that his fancy , which is everywhere vigorous , is not discovered immediately at the beginning of his poem in its fullest ...
In speaking of the growing interest of the Iliad , and the poet's fancy , he says : “ It is , however , remarkable that his fancy , which is everywhere vigorous , is not discovered immediately at the beginning of his poem in its fullest ...
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