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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... himself while he reads him . What he writes , is of the most animated nature imaginable ; every thing moves , every thing lives , and is put in ac- tion . If a council be call'd , or a battle fought , you are not coldly inform'd of what ...
... himself while he reads him . What he writes , is of the most animated nature imaginable ; every thing moves , every thing lives , and is put in ac- tion . If a council be call'd , or a battle fought , you are not coldly inform'd of what ...
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... by the allurements of Calypfo , fo is Æneas by Dido , and Rinaldo by Armida . If Achilles be abfent from the army on the fcore of a quarrel through half the the poem , Rinaldo must absent himself just as long PREFACE .
... by the allurements of Calypfo , fo is Æneas by Dido , and Rinaldo by Armida . If Achilles be abfent from the army on the fcore of a quarrel through half the the poem , Rinaldo must absent himself just as long PREFACE .
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Homerus. the poem , Rinaldo must absent himself just as long , on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of cele- . ftial armour , Virgil and Tafso make the fame prefent to theirs . Virgil has not only observ'd this clofe imi ...
Homerus. the poem , Rinaldo must absent himself just as long , on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of cele- . ftial armour , Virgil and Tafso make the fame prefent to theirs . Virgil has not only observ'd this clofe imi ...
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... fame occafion . As many of his perfons have no appa rent characters , fo many of his fpeeches efcape being apply'd and judg'd by the rule of propriety . We oft- AS ner ner think of the author himself when we read Virgit PREFACE .
... fame occafion . As many of his perfons have no appa rent characters , fo many of his fpeeches efcape being apply'd and judg'd by the rule of propriety . We oft- AS ner ner think of the author himself when we read Virgit PREFACE .
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Homerus. ner think of the author himself when we read Virgit , than when we are engag'd in Homer : All which are the effects of a colder invention , that interests us lefs in the action defcrib'd : Homer makes us hearers , and Virgil ...
Homerus. ner think of the author himself when we read Virgit , than when we are engag'd in Homer : All which are the effects of a colder invention , that interests us lefs in the action defcrib'd : Homer makes us hearers , and Virgil ...
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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