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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... Grecian poet has not been fo frequently celebrated on this account as the Roman , the only rea- fon is , that fewer criticks have understood one language than the other . Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus has pointed out many of our author's ...
... Grecian poet has not been fo frequently celebrated on this account as the Roman , the only rea- fon is , that fewer criticks have understood one language than the other . Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus has pointed out many of our author's ...
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... Grecian captain . But thefe are only two names of friends , which he is pleased to honour with eternity in his poem , or two different pictures of himself , as author of the Iliad and Odysses , or entirely the children of his ...
... Grecian captain . But thefe are only two names of friends , which he is pleased to honour with eternity in his poem , or two different pictures of himself , as author of the Iliad and Odysses , or entirely the children of his ...
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... Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and fable , he wrought out his plans of the Iliad and the Odyffes . We pass all these stories , together with ...
... Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and fable , he wrought out his plans of the Iliad and the Odyffes . We pass all these stories , together with ...
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... Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and fable , he wrought out his plans of the Iliad and the Odyffes . We pass all these stories , together with ...
... Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and fable , he wrought out his plans of the Iliad and the Odyffes . We pass all these stories , together with ...
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... Grecian Princes . Thus the Poet both pleafed the law giver , and the people ; from whence he had a double influence when the laws were settled . For his Poem then became a Panegyrick on their confti- tution , as well as a Register of ...
... Grecian Princes . Thus the Poet both pleafed the law giver , and the people ; from whence he had a double influence when the laws were settled . For his Poem then became a Panegyrick on their confti- tution , as well as a Register of ...
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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