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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... glory , would not omit the noblest circumstance , and Homer , like a captive prince had certainly graced the triumph of his adversary , 56 Towards the latter end of his Life , there is another ftory invented , which makes him conclude ...
... glory , would not omit the noblest circumstance , and Homer , like a captive prince had certainly graced the triumph of his adversary , 56 Towards the latter end of his Life , there is another ftory invented , which makes him conclude ...
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... glory ; and con- firmed them in the love of it by a gallant defcription of thofe qualities and actions for which it was adapted . This made Cleomenes call him The Poet of the Lacedæ . monians : And therefore when we remember that Ho ...
... glory ; and con- firmed them in the love of it by a gallant defcription of thofe qualities and actions for which it was adapted . This made Cleomenes call him The Poet of the Lacedæ . monians : And therefore when we remember that Ho ...
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... glory they afcribed to Greece in general , the particular de- fcription they gave of it , and the complement they paid to every little ftate by an honourable mention , fo in- fluenced all , that they were tranfcribed and fung with ...
... glory they afcribed to Greece in general , the particular de- fcription they gave of it , and the complement they paid to every little ftate by an honourable mention , fo in- fluenced all , that they were tranfcribed and fung with ...
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... glory . " And indeed they never quitted this thought , till they had fuccessfully carry'd their arms wherever Homer might thus excite them . 66 Digefted into or- der at Athens . But while his works were fuffered to lie in a distracted ...
... glory . " And indeed they never quitted this thought , till they had fuccessfully carry'd their arms wherever Homer might thus excite them . 66 Digefted into or- der at Athens . But while his works were fuffered to lie in a distracted ...
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... glory of an alliance ; and the Iliad delivered as an oracle from the Muses , with all the pomp of words and artificial in- fluence . Union among themselves was recommended , peace at home , and glory abroad : And left general precepts ...
... glory of an alliance ; and the Iliad delivered as an oracle from the Muses , with all the pomp of words and artificial in- fluence . Union among themselves was recommended , peace at home , and glory abroad : And left general precepts ...
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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