The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1721 |
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... Right and Title of the Copy of the faid Work is vested in the faid BERNARD LINTOT He has therefore humbly befought Us to grant him our Royal Privilege and Licence for the fole Printing and Publish- ing thereof for the Term of fourteen ...
... Right and Title of the Copy of the faid Work is vested in the faid BERNARD LINTOT He has therefore humbly befought Us to grant him our Royal Privilege and Licence for the fole Printing and Publish- ing thereof for the Term of fourteen ...
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... right of birth their own , Confign'd his daughter with Lelegia's throne ) ) of many of his children ; and adds , that if Hector falls , he fhould then be inconfolable , and the empire of Troy at an end . It is a piece of great judgment ...
... right of birth their own , Confign'd his daughter with Lelegia's throne ) ) of many of his children ; and adds , that if Hector falls , he fhould then be inconfolable , and the empire of Troy at an end . It is a piece of great judgment ...
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... deliver'd over to his destiny , abandon'd by the Gods , and certain of death , yet ftops and attacks Achilles ; when he loses his fpear , he draws his No lefs fore - right the rapid chace they held BOOK XXII . HOMER'S ILIAD . 15.
... deliver'd over to his destiny , abandon'd by the Gods , and certain of death , yet ftops and attacks Achilles ; when he loses his fpear , he draws his No lefs fore - right the rapid chace they held BOOK XXII . HOMER'S ILIAD . 15.
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Homerus. No lefs fore - right the rapid chace they held , 190 One urg'd by fury , one by fear impell'd ; his fword : It was impoffible he should conquer , it was only in his power to fall glorioufly ; this he did , and it was all that ...
Homerus. No lefs fore - right the rapid chace they held , 190 One urg'd by fury , one by fear impell'd ; his fword : It was impoffible he should conquer , it was only in his power to fall glorioufly ; this he did , and it was all that ...
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... right hand he waves the weapon round , Eyes the whole man , and meditates the wound ; 405 But the rich mail Patroclus lately wore , Securely cas'd the warrior's body o'er . One place at length he spies , to let in fate , Where ' twixt ...
... right hand he waves the weapon round , Eyes the whole man , and meditates the wound ; 405 But the rich mail Patroclus lately wore , Securely cas'd the warrior's body o'er . One place at length he spies , to let in fate , Where ' twixt ...
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Achilles Acts of Parliament againſt Agamemnon Ajax alfo Andromache Antilochus arms Atrides becauſe BERNARD LINTOT breaſt chariot circumftance Commiffioners confequently courfers courſe Dacier dead death Deiphobus Diomed Edition Eftates Euftathius Eumelus eyes facred faid fame fate father fays fecond feems felf feveral fhade fhall fhews fhould fince firft firſt flain fleep fome forrows foul fpeech ftands ftill fuch fure Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greeks hand heav'n Hector Hecuba hero Hiftory himſelf Homer Honourable horfes horſe Houfe of Commons Houſe Iliad Ilion Jove juft Juftice King laft laſt moft moſt muſt neceffary Neftor o'er obferves occafion paffage paffion Patroclus Peleus perfon plain poem poet pow'r prefent Priam Price prize Publiſhed race rage raiſe reafon reft rife ſhall Sperchius ſtands ſteeds tears thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro Tranflated Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſe vafe whofe whole whoſe words
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Page 4 - Him, as he blazing shot across the field, The careful eyes of Priam first beheld. Not half so dreadful rises to the sight...
Page 150 - Before the' inspiring god that urg'd them on, The coursers fly, with spirit not their own. And now they reach'd the naval walls, and found The guards repasting, while the bowls go round ; On these the virtue of his wand he tries, And pours deep...
Page 156 - For him through hostile camps I bent my way, For him thus prostrate at thy feet I lay; Large gifts proportion'd to thy wrath I bear; O hear the wretched, and the gods revere!
Page 38 - And cast, far off, the regal veils away. With piercing shrieks his bitter fate she moans, While the sad father answers groans with groans ; Tears after tears his mournful cheeks o'erflow, And the whole city wears one face of woe : No...
Page 44 - The veil and diadem, flew far away, (The gift of Venus on her bridal day.) Around a train of weeping sisters stands To raise her sinking with assistant hands.
Page 160 - See him, in Troy, the pious care decline Of his weak age, to live the curse of thine ! Thou too, old man, hast happier days beheld; In riches once, in children once excell'd; Extended Phrygia own'd thy ample reign, And all fair Lesbos' blissful seats contain, And all wide Hellespont's unmeasured main.
Page 45 - The wretch obeys, retiring with a tear. Thus wretched, thus retiring all in tears, To my sad soul Astyanax appears!
Page 85 - The driving scourge high-lifted in thy hand; And touch thy steeds, and swear thy whole intent Was but to conquer, not to circumvent. Swear by that god whose liquid arms surround The globe, and whose dread earthquakes heave the ground!
Page 147 - To watch this quarter, my adventure falls: For with the morn the Greeks attack your walls; Sleepless they sit, impatient to engage, And scarce their rulers check their martial rage.' 'If then thou art of stern Pelides" train, (The mournful monarch thus rejoin'd again,) Ah, tell me truly, where, oh!
Page 156 - The fcourge and ruin of my realm and race : Suppliant my children's murd'rer to implore, And kifs thofe hands yet reeking with their gore ! Thefe words foft pity in the chief infpire, Touch'd with the dear remembrance of his fire.