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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... given to works of Judgment , there is not even a fingle 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 ...
... given to works of Judgment , there is not even a fingle 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 ...
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... given a regular catalogue of an army , they all draw up their forces in the fame order . If he has funeral games for Patroclus , Virgil has the fame for Anchifes , and Statius ( rather than omit them ) destroys the unity of his action ...
... given a regular catalogue of an army , they all draw up their forces in the fame order . If he has funeral games for Patroclus , Virgil has the fame for Anchifes , and Statius ( rather than omit them ) destroys the unity of his action ...
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... given us fuch lively and affecting impreffions of them . Every one has fomething fo fingularly his own , that no painter could have diftinguish'd them more by their features , than the Poet has by their manners . Nothing can be more ...
... given us fuch lively and affecting impreffions of them . Every one has fomething fo fingularly his own , that no painter could have diftinguish'd them more by their features , than the Poet has by their manners . Nothing can be more ...
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... given his opinion , that it was in this part Homer principally excell'd . What were alone fufficient to prove the grandeur and excellence of his fentiments in general , is , that they have so remarkable a parity with thofe of the ...
... given his opinion , that it was in this part Homer principally excell'd . What were alone fufficient to prove the grandeur and excellence of his fentiments in general , is , that they have so remarkable a parity with thofe of the ...
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... given agree- . able to the original , but is alfo fet off with occafional ornaments and profpects . The fame will account for his manner of heaping a number of comparisons toge- ther in one breath , when his fancy fuggested to him at ...
... given agree- . able to the original , but is alfo fet off with occafional ornaments and profpects . The fame will account for his manner of heaping a number of comparisons toge- ther in one breath , when his fancy fuggested to him at ...
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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