An Essay on the Original Genius of Homer (1769 and 1775)

Ægyptus Æneas Æneid alſo ancient arts beauties becauſe beſt cauſe character circumſtances cloſe coaft coaſt compofition confider confideration conjecture courſe deſcribed deſcription diftinct diſcover diſtance diſtinguiſhed Egypt eſtabliſhed expreffion fame favourable feems fhall fhew fide fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome ftate fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furniſhed genius Greece Greek Herodotus himſelf hiſtory Homer idea Iliad and Odyffey inftance intereſting Ionian iſland juftice language leaſt lefs leſs manners meaſure Menelaus moft moſt muft muſt nature navigation neceffary Nile obfervations occafion Odyſſey original paffage paffions Palmyra perfons Pharos Pherecydes Poem Poet Poet's poetical preſent preſerved purpoſe Reader reaſon reſpect ſame ſay Scamander ſcene ſcience ſea ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhip ſhort ſhould ſome ſpot ſtate ſtill ſtory Strabo ſuch ſuppoſe Syros theſe thofe thoſe Thrace tion tranflation Troade Trojan Trojan war Troy Ulyffes uſe Virgil voyage wind writing Zephyrus