Excerpt from The Iliad of Homer, Vol. 1: Translated From the Greek Our author's work is a wild paradise, where if cannot see all the beauties so distinctly as in an orde Garden, it is only because the number of them is in finitely greater. It is like a copious nursery which contains the seeds and first productions of every kind, out of which those who followed him have but se lected some particular plants, each according to his fancy, to cultivate and beautify. If some things are too luxuriant, it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it 15 only because they are over-run and opprest by those of a stronger nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.