... It's apparently a reference to Homer himself. Bate's collection of essays, p.197, has a footnote to this passage saying Meonia was reputedly Homer's
In Rambler #158, I read this passage: Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, and, since
With the change to the Gregorian Calendar, Johnson observed his birthday on the 18th of September. The 300th is this year. I know there's a conference at
Hello Johnsonians, For fun, I created a Google Earth file mapping out Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, containing the full text of the