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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... kind , out of which thofe who follow'd him have but selected fome particular plants , each according to his fancy , to culti- vate and beautify . If fome things are too luxuriant , it is owing to the richness of the foil ; and if others ...
... kind , out of which thofe who follow'd him have but selected fome particular plants , each according to his fancy , to culti- vate and beautify . If fome things are too luxuriant , it is owing to the richness of the foil ; and if others ...
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... kind , in his treatife of the Compofition of Words , and others will be taken notice of in the courfe of my Notes . It fuffices at present to obferve of his numbers , that they flow with so much ease , as to make one imagine Homer had ...
... kind , in his treatife of the Compofition of Words , and others will be taken notice of in the courfe of my Notes . It fuffices at present to obferve of his numbers , that they flow with so much ease , as to make one imagine Homer had ...
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... kind . If there are others which feem rather to charge him with a defect or narrowness of genius , than an excefs of it ; those seeming defects will be found upon exami- nation to proceed wholly from the nature of the times he lived in ...
... kind . If there are others which feem rather to charge him with a defect or narrowness of genius , than an excefs of it ; those seeming defects will be found upon exami- nation to proceed wholly from the nature of the times he lived in ...
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... flights , it was but because he attempted every thing . A work of this kind feems like a mighty Tree which rifes from the moft vigorous feed , is im- proved with indaftry , flourishes , and produces the finest proved PREFACE .
... flights , it was but because he attempted every thing . A work of this kind feems like a mighty Tree which rifes from the moft vigorous feed , is im- proved with indaftry , flourishes , and produces the finest proved PREFACE .
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... 'd by what we meet with concerning them ; a tendency to be farther acquainted with them , by gathering every circum- ftance of their lives ; a kind of complacency in their B 4 com- company , when we retire to enjoy what they have AN ...
... 'd by what we meet with concerning them ; a tendency to be farther acquainted with them , by gathering every circum- ftance of their lives ; a kind of complacency in their B 4 com- company , when we retire to enjoy what they have AN ...
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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