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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... shall here endeavour to fhow , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all the main constituent parts of his work , as it is the great and peculiar characteristic which distin- guishes ...
... shall here endeavour to fhow , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all the main constituent parts of his work , as it is the great and peculiar characteristic which distin- guishes ...
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... shall be fenfible what a fhare of praife is due to his invention in that . He was not fatisfy'd with his language as he found it fettled in any one part of Greece , but fearched thro ' its differing dialects with this particular view ...
... shall be fenfible what a fhare of praife is due to his invention in that . He was not fatisfy'd with his language as he found it fettled in any one part of Greece , but fearched thro ' its differing dialects with this particular view ...
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... shall perceive the chief objections against him to proceed from so noble a caufe as the excess of this faculty . Among thefe we may reckon fome of his marvellous firions , upon which fo much criticifm has been fpent , as furpaffing all ...
... shall perceive the chief objections against him to proceed from so noble a caufe as the excess of this faculty . Among thefe we may reckon fome of his marvellous firions , upon which fo much criticifm has been fpent , as furpaffing all ...
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... shall add a farther conjecture . Hefid dividing the world into its different ages , has plac'd a fourth age between the brazen and the iron one , of Heroes diftinct from from other men , a divine race , who fought PREFACE .
... shall add a farther conjecture . Hefid dividing the world into its different ages , has plac'd a fourth age between the brazen and the iron one , of Heroes diftinct from from other men , a divine race , who fought PREFACE .
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... shall ftill be kept on foot ; not entirely upon his own account , but on theirs who live after him ; fome being fond to praise extravagantly , and others as rafhly eager to con- tradict his admirers . This proceeding , on both fides ...
... shall ftill be kept on foot ; not entirely upon his own account , but on theirs who live after him ; fome being fond to praise extravagantly , and others as rafhly eager to con- tradict his admirers . This proceeding , on both fides ...
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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