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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... Nature . Whatever praifes may be given to works of Judgment , there is not even a fingle beauty in them to which the Inven- tion must not contribute . As in the most regular gar- dens , Art can only reduce the beauties of Nature to more ...
... Nature . Whatever praifes may be given to works of Judgment , there is not even a fingle beauty in them to which the Inven- tion must not contribute . As in the most regular gar- dens , Art can only reduce the beauties of Nature to more ...
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... Nature , Our author's work is a wild paradife , where if we cannot fee all the beauties fo diftinctly as in an order'd Garden , it is only because the number of them is infi- nitely greater . ' Tis like a copious nursery which con ...
... Nature , Our author's work is a wild paradife , where if we cannot fee all the beauties fo diftinctly as in an order'd Garden , it is only because the number of them is infi- nitely greater . ' Tis like a copious nursery which con ...
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... nature , to fupply his maxims and reflections ; all the inward paffions and affections of mankind , to furnish his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things for his defcriptions ; but wanting yet an ampler fphere to ...
... nature , to fupply his maxims and reflections ; all the inward paffions and affections of mankind , to furnish his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things for his defcriptions ; but wanting yet an ampler fphere to ...
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... nature : Or of fuch as though they did , become fables by the additional epi- fodes and 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 ...
... nature : Or of fuch as though they did , become fables by the additional epi- fodes and 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 ...
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... nature and phyfical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this con- fideration afford us ? How fertile will that imagination appear , which was ...
... nature and phyfical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this con- fideration afford us ? How fertile will that imagination appear , which was ...
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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