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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... manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all the main constituent parts of his work , as it is the great and peculiar characteristic which distin- guishes him from all other authors . This ftrong and ruling faculty was like a ...
... manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all the main constituent parts of his work , as it is the great and peculiar characteristic which distin- guishes him from all other authors . This ftrong and ruling faculty was like a ...
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... manner of telling them . Of this fort is the main ftory of an Epic poem , the return of Ulyffes , the fettlement of the Trojans in Italy , or the like . That of the Iliad is the anger of Achilles , the most short and fingle fubject that ...
... manner of telling them . Of this fort is the main ftory of an Epic poem , the return of Ulyffes , the fettlement of the Trojans in Italy , or the like . That of the Iliad is the anger of Achilles , the most short and fingle fubject that ...
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... manner . To proceed to the allegorical fable : If we reflect upon thofe innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and phyfical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his allegories , what a new and ...
... manner . To proceed to the allegorical fable : If we reflect upon thofe innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and phyfical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his allegories , what a new and ...
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... manners . Nothing can be more exact than the diftinétions he has obferv'd in the different degrees of virtues and vices . The fingle qua lity of courage is wonderfully diversify'd in the feveral characters of the Iliad . That of Abilles ...
... manners . Nothing can be more exact than the diftinétions he has obferv'd in the different degrees of virtues and vices . The fingle qua lity of courage is wonderfully diversify'd in the feveral characters of the Iliad . That of Abilles ...
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... manner ; they lie in a great degree hidden and undi- ftinguish'd , and where they are mark'd most evidently , affect us not in proportion to thofe of Homer . His characters of valour are much alike ; even that of Tur- nus seems no way ...
... manner ; they lie in a great degree hidden and undi- ftinguish'd , and where they are mark'd most evidently , affect us not in proportion to thofe of Homer . His characters of valour are much alike ; even that of Tur- nus seems no way ...
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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