Quote#Money & Wealth
Then in a chair, with a rich cushion grac'd
Quote byJohn Ogilby · 1600–1676
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Homer His Odysses Translated (1665), Book I. Compare Pope's translation:.
English (original)
Then in a chair, with a rich cushion grac'd And a carv'd foot-stool, he Minerva plac'd. There 'gainst a column sets her lance, where stood Ulysses' javelins, planted like a wood.
— John Ogilby
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