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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... learning and indu- ftry , which mafter every thing befides , can never at- tain to this . It furnishes Art with all her materials , and without it , Judgment itself can at belt but fteal wifely For Art is only like a prudent fteward ...
... learning and indu- ftry , which mafter every thing befides , can never at- tain to this . It furnishes Art with all her materials , and without it , Judgment itself can at belt but fteal wifely For Art is only like a prudent fteward ...
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... learning changed in following ages , and science was delivered in a plainer manner ; it then became as reasonable in the more modern poets to - lay it afide , as it was in Homer to make use of it . And perhaps it was no unhappy ...
... learning changed in following ages , and science was delivered in a plainer manner ; it then became as reasonable in the more modern poets to - lay it afide , as it was in Homer to make use of it . And perhaps it was no unhappy ...
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... learning could have fallen , but thro ' careleffnefs . His poetry , as well as Ogilby's , is too mean for criticism . It is a great lofs to the poetical world that Mr. Dry- den did not live to tranflate the Iliad . He has left us only ...
... learning could have fallen , but thro ' careleffnefs . His poetry , as well as Ogilby's , is too mean for criticism . It is a great lofs to the poetical world that Mr. Dry- den did not live to tranflate the Iliad . He has left us only ...
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... learning . For to fatisfy fuch as want either , is not in the nature of this undertaking ; fince a mère modern wit can like nothing that is not modern , and a pedant nothing that is not Greek . What I have done is fubmitted to the ...
... learning . For to fatisfy fuch as want either , is not in the nature of this undertaking ; fince a mère modern wit can like nothing that is not modern , and a pedant nothing that is not Greek . What I have done is fubmitted to 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