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Rh H o m e r s Life and Writings:

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Nay so late as the Reign of Darius, the S e c tLacedemonians did not know the Distance of XI. either Sufa or Babylon from the Sea. ' Cleomenes, King of Sparta, asked ^r/- p. 299.(0 ' Jlagoras the Milesian, how many Days Jour' ney it might be from the Ionian Sea, before Herodotus. %
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Th e North-East end of the Mediterranean Sea, and particularly the great Bay made by th^ Egean or Archipelago, which washes the Coast of Thrace, the Foot of Athos, and Thejfaly, &c. is the Part of all Greece with which Homer seems to be best acquainted. And of it Pliny very justly remarks— ' Out of this Bay all the 230. (*) ' the Lustre of Learning first shone forth: Nat. Hist.
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People living in Towns, surrounded with all the Convenjencies and Superfluities of Life, have little Perception of the Variety of Manners and Character, which another way of living pro duces. No two Characters can be more diffe rent than a sober Citizen of London, who pays his Rh