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But the following verse of Homer he has not indeed equalled, nor approached. For that of Homer Iliad xi. 728. seems to be simpler and more natural, that of Virgil Aen. iii. 119. more modern and daubed over with a kind of stucco, Referring to the otiose epithet pulcher, which is gilding the lily. as it were:
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A bull to Alpheus, to Poseidon one.
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A bull to Neptune, and to you, Apollo fair.
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Of an opinion of the philosopher Panaetius, which he expressed in his second book On Duties, where he urges men to be alert and prepared to guard against injuries on all occasions.
