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" Homer's gods, though wicked enough, are as foolish and freakish as they are wick-? ed ; they are not superior to what we may conceive of the lowest rabble in'' Milton's Hell. I enter not into the Heaven of Milton, and, perhaps, it would have been as we'll;... "
Essays on Various Subjects: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author - Page 134
by George Walker - 1809
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An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 21

World history - 1760 - 542 pages
...which are intituled, To a friend; but he quickly loft his credit with queen Elizabeth and Henry IV. ; and perhaps it would have been as well if he had not preferved it with their mini (ten. He died at Paris in i(u >, in mean circumftances ; for though he...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 50

1806 - 614 pages
...aspires to. Homer's gods, though wicked enough, are as foolbh and freakish as they are wicked, thtv arc not superior to what we may conceive of the lowest...into the heaven of Milton, and, perhaps, it would havcbten as well, if he had not eo familiarly unveiled that sacred region. But there Homer presents...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1806 - 582 pages
...gods, though wicked enough, are as foolish and freakish as they are "wicked, they arc not supertor to what we may conceive of the lowest rabble in Milton's...into the heaven of Milton, and. perhaps, it would hate been as well, if he had not so familiarly unveiled that sacred region. But there Homer presents...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 414 pages
...foolifh, and freakifh, as they are wicked ; they are not fuperiour to what we may conceive of the loweft rabble in Milton's hell. I enter not into the heaven...perhaps, it would have been as well, if he had not fo familiarly unveiled the facred region. But there Homer prefents no parallel, and the comparison...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1840 - 752 pages
...capital, skill, and industry !' Whatever may be thought of Mr. Martin's opinions on Indian affaire, (and perhaps it would have been as well if he had not introduced them into the preface to a work of this description,) the public of Britain and of India...
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The Eclectic Review

1840 - 906 pages
...capita!, skill, and industry !' Whatever may be thought of Mr. Martin's opinions on Indian affairs, (and perhaps it would have been as well if he had not introduced them into the preface to a work of this description,) the public of Britain and of India...
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