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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... honours which were paid them , they might have this also in common with the Gods , not to be mentioned without the folemnity of an epithet , and such as might be acceptable to them by its celebrating their families , actions or ...
... honours which were paid them , they might have this also in common with the Gods , not to be mentioned without the folemnity of an epithet , and such as might be acceptable to them by its celebrating their families , actions or ...
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... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of Foe- try itself ) remains unequal'd by his followers , he fill continues fuperior to them . A cooler Judgment may commit fewer faults , and be ...
... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of Foe- try itself ) remains unequal'd by his followers , he fill continues fuperior to them . A cooler Judgment may commit fewer faults , and be ...
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... honour it , his enemies that they may caft it to the dogs and vultures . There are yet others of a low kind of taste , who without any malignity to the character of a great au- thor , leffen the dignity of their fubject by infifting too ...
... honour it , his enemies that they may caft it to the dogs and vultures . There are yet others of a low kind of taste , who without any malignity to the character of a great au- thor , leffen the dignity of their fubject by infifting too ...
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... honour of bringing Ambro- Sia to Jupiter . One would think a ftory of this nature fo fit for age to talk of , and infancy to hear , were incapable of being handed down to us , But we find the tradition again , taken up to be heightened ...
... honour of bringing Ambro- Sia to Jupiter . One would think a ftory of this nature fo fit for age to talk of , and infancy to hear , were incapable of being handed down to us , But we find the tradition again , taken up to be heightened ...
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... honours at his tomb , he intreats that he may obtain a fight of him . The hero grants his poet's petition , and rifes in a glorious fuit of armour , which cast so unfufferable a splendor , that Homer loft his eyes while he gazed for the ...
... honours at his tomb , he intreats that he may obtain a fight of him . The hero grants his poet's petition , and rifes in a glorious fuit of armour , which cast so unfufferable a splendor , that Homer loft his eyes while he gazed for the ...
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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