 | 1854 - 706 sidor
...his strength, speed and temper." If a man passes for that he is worth, why is it thit uTeD ancient towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread," Was not Cœsar looked upon by the Romans generally as a dissolute, prodigal youth, who was fast ruining... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 sidor
...wellknown epigram, alluding to the uncertainty of the fact of his birthplace, says, — ' Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." These seven were Smyrna, Scio, Ehodes, Colophon, Salamis, Argos, and Athens. Modern scholars have doubted... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1855 - 622 sidor
...seemed a standing irritant to the parsimonious, and a convenient whetstone to wits. " Seven cities now contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." Whether any thing of this sort happened to John Man, we do not know ; hut we do know that Cambridge... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1855 - 624 sidor
...seemed a standing irritant to the parsimonious, and a convenient whetstone to wits. t " Seven cities now contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." Whether any thing of this sort happened to John Man, we do not know ; but we do know that Cambridge... | |
 | J. D. Bell - 1860 - 478 sidor
...country's ; in the other, its power is more the possession of all men and of all countries. " Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread." Shakspeare is Shakspeare's and England's, till he dies ; then he is the bard of the world. Washington,... | |
 | 1863 - 326 sidor
...unknown, but at thy mouth, Inquisitive, the less ambiguous past. POETS OF MYTHOLOGY. HOMEH. SEVEN wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. •I3li-- ON MILTON. THREE poets in three different ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn.... | |
 | Rufus Phineas Stebbins - 1864 - 358 sidor
...have 1 Appendix F. endured, and if, as in the case of the author of the immortal Greek poem, " Ten famous towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread," Longmeadow and Ludlow and Springfield will strive to rob Wilbraham of the honor of giving him birth... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1864 - 678 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 ihe preeminence in the rank of claimants. There is a fragment... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 sidor
...reflecting with sarcastic bitterness on the treatment the great poet met with in life : — Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. FROM H. STEPHENS. Upon a Wilful Helpmate. Dum quasdam cerebrosa diu reprehenditur uxor, Nec satis officii... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 sidor
...reflecting with sarcastic bitterness on the treatment the great poet met with in life : — Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. FROM H. STEPHENS. Upon a Wilful Helpmate. Dum quaedam cerebrosa diu reprehenditur uxor, Nec satis officii... | |
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Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread. 
