Description of the plain of Troy - with a map of that region, delineated from an actual survey - read in French before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Feb. 21 and 28 and March 21 1791 (1792) (14596642627)

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Title: Description of the plain of Troy : with a map of that region, delineated from an actual survey : read in French before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Feb. 21 and 28 and March 21 1791
Year: 1792 (1790s)
Authors: Lechevalier, Jean-Baptiste, 1752-1836 Dalzel, Andrew, 1742-1806 Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
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Publisher: Edinburgh : Printed for T. Cadell ...
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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PLAIN OF TROY. C H A P. X. Examinaîion of Mr Woods Map. ANeglect of the opinion and of the efforts of others, isthe natural refult of a confcioufnefs of ones own fupe-riority ; and though a fentiment of that kind may be deemedfomewhat arrogant, yet it has fome claim to indulgence whenit is really attended with fuccefs. But when, in open contemptof every guide, we wander far away from the truth, we thenforfeit ail title to mercy, and become obnoxious to the rigourof criticifm. I do not hefitate to affert, as I fhall prefently prove it, thatMr Wood has viewed the Troad erroneoufly. That part ofhis EfTay on Homer is not merely imperfecl ; it is moft un-doubtedly deftitute of ail merit. But we need not be furprifedthat, while the principal objecl of that traveller was to commu-nicate a knowledge of the interefting ruins of Palmyra andBalbec, he was not able to beflow fuch time and attention uponthe plain of Troy as it merited. It would not hâve been anycrime in Mr Wood to hâve overlook

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