...illiberality of mind confined to any age or country ; — for, as in earlier times " Seven cities did contend for HOMER* dead^ " Through which the living HOMER begg'd his bread, fo with us more enlightened Chriftians,. DRVDEN, OTWAY> BUTLER, GAY, LLOYD, and others, ftarved :-—...

...;— Writes fcoundrel verfes, — and then fays they're mine. A CURE FOR POETRY. SEVEN wealthy towns contend for HOMER dead, Through which the living HOMER begg'd his bread. AN IMITATION OF SOME VERSES IN THE LUSUS WESTMONASTER1ENSES*. C.KCUS AMOR SUI EST. SUSAN, who no more...

...patria certat, Homere, tua. On which circumstance this neat epigram is founded : Seii'n famous towns contend for Homer dead, 'Through 'which the living Homer begg"d his bread, '* In the year 1488," says Mr. Roscoe, vol a, p. 71 of the Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, " Demetrius...

...herald bore. Pope's Odyssey, Book vm. When we reflect on the following epigram : t " Seven rival states contend for Homer dead, " Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread," we cannot help thinking that the foregoing lines were intended as a rebuke to the unfeeling inattention...

...claimed the honour of Homer's birth, but this was disputed by six other cities ; Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread. But Homer's was not a singular fate : He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone, might be inscribed...

...been honoured through all succeeding ages as the Father of Poetry. • " • i ' Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread.' As an appendage to the foregoing head, I will add a FIFTH and final direction;— ALWAYS TAKE IT FOR...

...resentment, had I not been happily saved from the blow by waking from my dream. ["Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread ! " The names of the different places which laid claim to the birth of Homer were neatly brought together...

...resentment, had I not been happily saved from the blow by waking from my dream. [ " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead. Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread ! " The names of the different places which laid claim to the birth of Homer were neatly brought together...

...June, 1862. the principal cities of Greece, as is intimated in the wi.ll known linca, 44 Seven cities contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread."* It is affirmed, that through a considerable part of his life he kept a school in Chios ; end modern...

...reasons for what I have done, for faith ! I am incapable of giving any myself." * [" Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread!" The names of the different places which laid claim to the birth of Homer were neatly brought together...