The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Nide 13John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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Sivu 29
... called from the Byb- lian hills . This is mentioned in the catalogue of wines which Philinus gives us ; viz . the Lefbian , Chian , Thafian , Byblian , and Mendæan . critus , in his fourteenth Idyllium , call it the fine flavoured ...
... called from the Byb- lian hills . This is mentioned in the catalogue of wines which Philinus gives us ; viz . the Lefbian , Chian , Thafian , Byblian , and Mendæan . critus , in his fourteenth Idyllium , call it the fine flavoured ...
Sivu 53
... called a deity , because he animadverts on the vices both of men and gods ; but why is he called the fon of Night ? Because cenfure and back- bitings are generally fpread privately , and as in the dark . His name is from Moum or Mom ...
... called a deity , because he animadverts on the vices both of men and gods ; but why is he called the fon of Night ? Because cenfure and back- bitings are generally fpread privately , and as in the dark . His name is from Moum or Mom ...
Sivu 55
... called because it emitted flames ; of which fays Pliny , the moun- tain Chimera in Phafelis flames , without ceafing , night and day . Strabo thinks the fable took a rife from this mountain : the three heads may be three cliffs ...
... called because it emitted flames ; of which fays Pliny , the moun- tain Chimera in Phafelis flames , without ceafing , night and day . Strabo thinks the fable took a rife from this mountain : the three heads may be three cliffs ...
Sivu 56
... called Vefta , is by the learned juflly derived from Esch , or the Syrian efcbtha , fire ; he is efteemed the goddess of fire . Ceres , the Greek Anuing , comes from dai , a Phœ- nician word , fignifying plenty ; a proper name for her ...
... called Vefta , is by the learned juflly derived from Esch , or the Syrian efcbtha , fire ; he is efteemed the goddess of fire . Ceres , the Greek Anuing , comes from dai , a Phœ- nician word , fignifying plenty ; a proper name for her ...
Sivu 57
... called the mouth of God ; and , to say we confult the mouth of God , is the fame as to fay we confult the oracle . Latona , in Greek , Leto , the fame critic derives from lout , or lito or leto , which is to use magic charms ; therefore ...
... called the mouth of God ; and , to say we confult the mouth of God , is the fame as to fay we confult the oracle . Latona , in Greek , Leto , the fame critic derives from lout , or lito or leto , which is to use magic charms ; therefore ...
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