 | 1837 - 222 sidor
...which he is said to have lived, and which is alluded to in the well known lines — " Seven Grecian towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." Alexander was so much attached to the writings of Homer, that he generally slept with them under his... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 370 sidor
...disputed for the honor of having given him birth. He reminds us of the fate of Homer. " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." had he enjoyed that opportunity, than he who introduced into the world the delightful Jack Falstaff.... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 sidor
...disputed for the honor of having given him birth. He reminds us of the fate of Homer. " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." had he enjoyed that opportunity, than ha who introduced into the world the delightful Jack Falstaff.... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 364 sidor
...disputed for the honor of having given him birth. He reminds us of the fate of Homer. " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." t HuJibrus is a vast storehouse of wit, but after all it is too local and temporary to give lasting... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1840 - 694 sidor
...inheritors of unfulfilled glory lament their lot. They shall receive seven-fold. " Seven Grecian states contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." But while we bid you fear nothing, and trust frankly to time, the sole philosopher, we would remind... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 320 sidor
...persecutions and neglects — with the old distich ringing from the voice of antiquity — " Seven cities now contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread " with Chatterton, starved into desperation and insulted by the cold apathy of Walpole — all these... | |
 | 1888 - 558 sidor
...rise in after times, were the subject of an epigram whose pungency passed for truth — Seven rival towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread"; but he does not state the author. WD Adams gives : — Seven Cities warred for Homer being dead, Who... | |
 | 1851 - 614 sidor
...Seven Greek cities claimed him as a citizen, according to the well-known verses, — " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." Smyrna and Chios have been generally allowed the preeminence in the rank of claimants. There is a fragment... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1851 - 216 sidor
...persecutions and neglects — with the old distich ringing from the voice of antiquity — " Seven eities now contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread" with Chatterton, starved into desperation and insulted by the cold apathy of Walpole — all these... | |
 | Whitmore Hall - 1853 - 178 sidor
...contended for the ¡honour of his birth-place, which gave rise to the distich — " Seven cities famed contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread.*' •-• Bitter] ,пкpos also signifies croas, rude, disagreeable. 6 Purblind] from wшpos, blind,... | |
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Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. 
