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4444. LANGUAGE (Greek), Revival of. [further continued].

I enjoy Homer in his
own language infinitely beyond Pope's translation
of him, and both beyond the dull narrative
of the same events by Dares Phrygius; and it
is an innocent enjoyment. [286]
To Joseph Priestley. Washington ed. iv, 317. Ford ed., vii, 414.
(Pa., 1800)
See Language (Latin).

 
[286]

Jefferson scarcely passed a day without reading
a portion of the classics.—Rayner's Life of Jefferson
p. 22.