The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1756 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... these as they had a greater mixture of vowels or confonants , and accordingly employ'd them as the verfe required either a greater fmoothness or ftrength . What he moft a fected was the lonic , which has a peculiar fweetnefs from its ...
... these as they had a greater mixture of vowels or confonants , and accordingly employ'd them as the verfe required either a greater fmoothness or ftrength . What he moft a fected was the lonic , which has a peculiar fweetnefs from its ...
Page
... expreffion more raised and daring , and his numbers more rapid and various . I hope , in what has been faid of Virgil , with regard to any of these heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is have PREFACE .
... expreffion more raised and daring , and his numbers more rapid and various . I hope , in what has been faid of Virgil , with regard to any of these heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is have PREFACE .
Page
... these great . authors had more of both than perhaps any man be- fides , and are only faid to have lefs in comparison with one another . Homer was the greater genius , Virgil the better artist . In one we moft admire the man , in the ...
... these great . authors had more of both than perhaps any man be- fides , and are only faid to have lefs in comparison with one another . Homer was the greater genius , Virgil the better artist . In one we moft admire the man , in the ...
Page
... these in modern times , such as the names of Harold ` Harefoot , Edmund Ironfide , Edward Long banks , Ed- ward the black Prince , & c . If yet this be thought to account better for the propriety than for the repetition , I shall add a ...
... these in modern times , such as the names of Harold ` Harefoot , Edmund Ironfide , Edward Long banks , Ed- ward the black Prince , & c . If yet this be thought to account better for the propriety than for the repetition , I shall add a ...
Page
... these Criticks never fo much as heard of Homer's having written firft ; a confideration which whoever compares these two Poets , ought to have always in his eye . Some accufe him for the fame . things which they overlook or praife in ...
... these Criticks never fo much as heard of Homer's having written firft ; a confideration which whoever compares these two Poets , ought to have always in his eye . Some accufe him for the fame . things which they overlook or praife in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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