The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1756 |
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... several heads of science , the ftate of those times in which he writ will show us both the impediments he rose under , and the reafons why feveral things in him which have been objected to , either could not , or should not be otherwife ...
... several heads of science , the ftate of those times in which he writ will show us both the impediments he rose under , and the reafons why feveral things in him which have been objected to , either could not , or should not be otherwife ...
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... several fciences which were brought nearer to perfection by pofterity : A work which fhall always ftand at the top of the fublime character , to be gazed at by readers with an admiration of its perfection , and by writers with a despair ...
... several fciences which were brought nearer to perfection by pofterity : A work which fhall always ftand at the top of the fublime character , to be gazed at by readers with an admiration of its perfection , and by writers with a despair ...
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... several of the like nature in the fcripture . Milton has not been wanting to give his poem this caft of antiquity , throughout which our first parents almost always accoft each other with fome title , that expreffes a refpect to the ...
... several of the like nature in the fcripture . Milton has not been wanting to give his poem this caft of antiquity , throughout which our first parents almost always accoft each other with fome title , that expreffes a refpect to the ...
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... several fair endow ments . V. 172. Firft let the just equivalent . ] The reasoning in point of right between Achilles and Agamemnon feems to be this . Achilles pleads that Agamemnon could not feize upon any other man's captive without a ...
... several fair endow ments . V. 172. Firft let the just equivalent . ] The reasoning in point of right between Achilles and Agamemnon feems to be this . Achilles pleads that Agamemnon could not feize upon any other man's captive without a ...
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... several inftances , and takes notice that if Sophocles would not let Ajax weep , it is because he is drawn rather as a madman than a hero . But this general obfervation is not all we can offer in excufe for the tears of Achilles : His ...
... several inftances , and takes notice that if Sophocles would not let Ajax weep , it is because he is drawn rather as a madman than a hero . But this general obfervation is not all we can offer in excufe for the tears of Achilles : His ...
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon alfo ancient anſwer arms army Atrides beauty becauſe caufe cauſe Chalcis character chief Chios compariſon defcribes defcription defign defire Euftathius expreffion fable facred faid fame fays fecond feems fenfe fhall fhews fhining fhips fhore fhort fhould fide fight fimile fince fingle firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fpeech fpirit ftill ftory fubject fuch Goddeſs Gods greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Heroes himſelf Homer honour hoſt Ibid Iliad Jove juft Jupiter juſt King laft Leo Allatius Madam Dacier manner Menelaus moft moſt muſt Mycena Neftor Nireus o'er obferves occafion paffage paffion Pandarus Paris perfons plain Plutarch poem Poet poetry pow'r praiſe prefent preferved Priam Prince Pteleon raiſed reafon rife ſeems ſhall ſhe Spondanus ſtand Strabo Suidas thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflation Trojan troops Troy Ulyffes uſed verfe Virgil warriors whofe whoſe wiſdom words καὶ
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Page 28 - When wert thou known in ambufh'd fights to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 *Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try. Thine to look on, and bid the Valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a