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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... proper to poetry , not only as it heighten'd the diction , but as it affifted and fill'd the numbers with greater found and pomp , and likewife conduced in fome measure to thicken the images . On this laft confideration I cannot but ...
... proper to poetry , not only as it heighten'd the diction , but as it affifted and fill'd the numbers with greater found and pomp , and likewife conduced in fome measure to thicken the images . On this laft confideration I cannot but ...
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... proper province ; fince these mult be his own , but the others he is to take as he finds them . It should then be confidered what methods may af- ford fome equivalent in our language for the graces of thefe in the Greek . It is certain ...
... proper province ; fince these mult be his own , but the others he is to take as he finds them . It should then be confidered what methods may af- ford fome equivalent in our language for the graces of thefe in the Greek . It is certain ...
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... proper fphere of poetry . II . Stories of Ho from envy . II . Such ftories as thefe have been the effects of a fuperftitious fondness , mer proceeding and of the aftonishment of men at what they confider in a view of per- fection . But ...
... proper fphere of poetry . II . Stories of Ho from envy . II . Such ftories as thefe have been the effects of a fuperftitious fondness , mer proceeding and of the aftonishment of men at what they confider in a view of per- fection . But ...
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... proper name . And then the meaning will be , that having gathered as much information concern- ing the Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and ...
... proper name . And then the meaning will be , that having gathered as much information concern- ing the Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and ...
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... proper name . And then the meaning will be , that having gathered as much information concern- ing the Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and ...
... proper name . And then the meaning will be , that having gathered as much information concern- ing the Grecian and Trojan ftory , as he could be fur- nished with from the accounts of Egypt , which were generally mixed with fancy and ...
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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