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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... figure , which the common eye may better take in , and is therefore more enter- tained with . And perhaps the reafon why common Criticks are inclined to prefer a judicious and methodi- A 2 cal cal genius to a great and fruitful one , is.
... figure , which the common eye may better take in , and is therefore more enter- tained with . And perhaps the reafon why common Criticks are inclined to prefer a judicious and methodi- A 2 cal cal genius to a great and fruitful one , is.
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... eye . Some accufe him for the fame . things which they overlook or praife in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the Eneis to those of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which might fet the Odyes above the Eneis : as ...
... eye . Some accufe him for the fame . things which they overlook or praife in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the Eneis to those of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which might fet the Odyes above the Eneis : as ...
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... eyes of one fort of Criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most univerfal applaufes , which holds the heart of a reader under the strongest inchant- ment . Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry , but ...
... eyes of one fort of Criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most univerfal applaufes , which holds the heart of a reader under the strongest inchant- ment . Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry , but ...
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... impoffible to treat the fubjects in any living language . There are two peculiarities in Homer's diction which are a fort of marks or moles , by which every common eye . eye distinguishes him at firft fight : Those who are PREFACE .
... impoffible to treat the fubjects in any living language . There are two peculiarities in Homer's diction which are a fort of marks or moles , by which every common eye . eye distinguishes him at firft fight : Those who are PREFACE .
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Homerus. eye distinguishes him at firft fight : Those who are not his greatest admirers look upon them as defects , and those who are feem pleas'd with them as beauties . 1 fpeak of his compound epithets , and of his repetitions . Many ...
Homerus. eye distinguishes him at firft fight : Those who are not his greatest admirers look upon them as defects , and those who are feem pleas'd with them as beauties . 1 fpeak of his compound epithets , and of his repetitions . Many ...
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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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