| Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 pàgines
...birth-place of Homer. On the other side of the Channel, all have concurred in attributing the merit of it to the Marquis of Worcester, of the illustrious house of Somerset; on this side of the strait, we maintain that it belongs to a humble engineer, almost altogether overlooked by biographers,*... | |
| Hugo Reid - 1851 - 292 pàgines
...that invention for which France and England have contended, as formerly the seven cities of Greeee respectively claimed the honour of being the birth-place...unanimously ascribed the honour to the Marquis of Worccster, of the illustrious house of Somerset. On this side, again, we maintain that it belongs to... | |
| Thomas Osmond Summers - 1856 - 200 pàgines
...birth-place of Homer. On the other side of the channel, all have concurred in attributing the merit of it to the Marquis of Worcester, of the illustrious house of Somerset: on this side of the strait we maintain that it belongs to an humble engineer, almost altogether overlooked by biographers,... | |
| Henry Dircks - 1866 - 308 pàgines
...honour of having been the cradle of Homer. On the other side of the channel the honour is assigned to the Marquis of Worcester, of the illustrious house of Somerset. On this side of the straits, we feel that it belongs to a humble engineer,f almost entirely forgotten in * It is... | |
| 1899 - 206 pàgines
...birthplace of Homer. On the other side of the Channel, all have concurred in attributing the merit of it to the marquis of Worcester, of the illustrious house of Somerset ; on this side of the strait we maintain that it belongs to a humble engineer, almost altogether overlooked by biographers,... | |
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