Homer nods

English 2018 February 15 Etymology See en even Homer nods. Pronunciation en /ˈhəʊmə ˈnɒdz/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Homer nods.wav Southern England en /ˈhoʊməɹ ˈnɑdz/ GA en Ho mer nods Phrase phr ~nod[s] en even Homer nods not even the most vigilant and expert are immune to error. en w:John Dryden The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence https://books.google.com/books?id=0uVbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA8 The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. Written in Heroique Verse, and Dedicated to Her Royal Highness, the Duchess London Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange 1677 23778170 Horace acknowledges that honeſt Homer nods ſometimes: He is not equally awake in every Line: en w:Alexander Pope w:An Essay on Criticism London Printed for W. Lewis in Russell-street, Covent-Garden; and sold by W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, T. Osborn in Grays-Inn near the Walks, and J. Graves in St. James's-Street 1709 1711 12 https://books.google.com/books?id=tt4NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12 1011856791 Thoſe are but Stratagems which Errors ſeem, / Nor is it Homer Nods, but We that Dream. en [Jean] de la Bruyere; N[icholas] Rowe Of M. de la Bruyere’s Book, entitul’d, The Characters: Or the Manners of the Present Age The Works of Monsieur De La Bruyere. In Two Volumes. Containing, I. The Moral Characters of Theophrastus. II. The Characters, or, The Manners of the Present Age. III. M. Bruyeres Speech upon His Admission into the French Academy. IV. An Account of the Life and Writings of M. Bruyere. By Monsieur Coste. [...] Revis’d by the Paris Edition: With an Original Chapter, Of the Manner of Living with Great Men: Written after the Method of M. Bruyere, by N. Rowe, Esq. 6th London Printed for E[dmund] Curll, at the Dial and Bible, and J. Pemberton, at the Buck and Sun; both against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1713 I 102 https://books.google.com/books?id=xEA0AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA102 752959976 He [de Vigneul-Marvin] knows that Homer nods sometimes, and that Faults are found in the beſt writers. He is an Author himself, and conſequently may commit an Over-ſight as well as Pindar, Virgil, Horace, and all the moſt celebrated Ancient and Modern Authors. en w:James Taranto When Pigs Flu: But … but … Mexico has Socialized Medicine! https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124085154600159863 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322230836/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124085154600159863 22 March 2016 w:The Wall Street Journal 27 April 2009 And Homer nods: The Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles played in this year's NFC championship, not NFL championship as we said in a Friday follow-up (since corrected). en Greece