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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... Fable . That which Ariftotle calls the Soul of poetry , was first breath'd into it by Homer . I fhall begin with confidering him in this part , as it is naturally the ... Fable Fable may be divided into the probable , the allego- PREFACE .
... Fable . That which Ariftotle calls the Soul of poetry , was first breath'd into it by Homer . I fhall begin with confidering him in this part , as it is naturally the ... Fable Fable may be divided into the probable , the allego- PREFACE .
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Homerus. Fable may be divided into the probable , the allego- rical and the marvellous . The probable fable is the re ... fables by the additional epi- fodes and manner of telling them . Of this fort is the main ftory of an Epic poem ...
Homerus. Fable may be divided into the probable , the allego- rical and the marvellous . The probable fable is the re ... fables by the additional epi- fodes and manner of telling them . Of this fort is the main ftory of an Epic poem ...
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... fable : If we reflect upon thofe innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and phyfical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this con ...
... fable : If we reflect upon thofe innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and phyfical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this con ...
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... fable more exten- five and copious than any other , his manners more lively and frongly marked , his fpeeches more affecting and tranfported , his fentiments more warm and sublime , his images and defcriptions more full and animated ...
... fable more exten- five and copious than any other , his manners more lively and frongly marked , his fpeeches more affecting and tranfported , his fentiments more warm and sublime , his images and defcriptions more full and animated ...
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... fable and moral of the Eneis to those of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which might fet the Odyes above the Eneis : as that the Hero is a wifer man ; and the action of the one more bene , ficial to his country than that of the other ...
... fable and moral of the Eneis to those of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which might fet the Odyes above the Eneis : as that the Hero is a wifer man ; and the action of the one more bene , ficial to his country than that of the other ...
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