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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... beauty in them to which the Inven- tion must not contribute . As in the most regular gar- dens , Art can only reduce the beauties of Nature to more regularity , and fuch a figure , which the common eye may better take in , and is ...
... beauty in them to which the Inven- tion must not contribute . As in the most regular gar- dens , Art can only reduce the beauties of Nature to more regularity , and fuch a figure , which the common eye may better take in , and is ...
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... of diligence as we daily fee practifed in the cafe of Italian Operas ) will find more fweetness , variety , and majefty of found , than in any other language or po- etry . etry . The beauty of his numbers is allow'd by PREFACE .
... of diligence as we daily fee practifed in the cafe of Italian Operas ) will find more fweetness , variety , and majefty of found , than in any other language or po- etry . etry . The beauty of his numbers is allow'd by PREFACE .
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Homerus. etry . The beauty of his numbers is allow'd by the cri- ticks to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself , tho ' they are fo juft to afcribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : Indeed the Greek has fome advantages both from ...
Homerus. etry . The beauty of his numbers is allow'd by the cri- ticks to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself , tho ' they are fo juft to afcribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : Indeed the Greek has fome advantages both from ...
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... to the ear of thofe times , is by no means fo to ours : But one may wait for opportunities of placing them , where they derive an additional beauty from the occafions 1 eccafions on which they are employed ; and in PREFACE .
... to the ear of thofe times , is by no means fo to ours : But one may wait for opportunities of placing them , where they derive an additional beauty from the occafions 1 eccafions on which they are employed ; and in PREFACE .
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... beauty . Upon the whole , I must confess myself utterly in- capable of doing juftice to Homer . I attempt him in no other hope but that which one may entertain with- out much vanity , of giving a more tolerable copy of him than any ...
... beauty . Upon the whole , I must confess myself utterly in- capable of doing juftice to Homer . I attempt him in no other hope but that which one may entertain with- out much vanity , of giving a more tolerable copy of him than any ...
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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