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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... Thou guardian pow'r of Cilla the divine , Thou fource of light ! whom Tenedos adores , And whofe bright prefence gilds thy Chryfa's fhores : If e'er with wreaths I hung thy facred fane , 55 Or fed the flames with fat of oxen flain ; God ...
... Thou guardian pow'r of Cilla the divine , Thou fource of light ! whom Tenedos adores , And whofe bright prefence gilds thy Chryfa's fhores : If e'er with wreaths I hung thy facred fane , 55 Or fed the flames with fat of oxen flain ; God ...
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... thou know Why angry Phabus bends his fatal bow ? 90 95 obliged to fleep at the altar upon the fkin of the beast he had facrificed , in order to obtain an answer . It is in this manner that Latinus in Virgil's feventh book goes to dream ...
... thou know Why angry Phabus bends his fatal bow ? 90 95 obliged to fleep at the altar upon the fkin of the beast he had facrificed , in order to obtain an answer . It is in this manner that Latinus in Virgil's feventh book goes to dream ...
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... thou know'ft , and speak without controul . Ev'n by that God I fwear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the Vows of Greece convey , And whose bleft Oracles thy lips declare ; Long as Achilles breathes this vital air , No daring ...
... thou know'ft , and speak without controul . Ev'n by that God I fwear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the Vows of Greece convey , And whose bleft Oracles thy lips declare ; Long as Achilles breathes this vital air , No daring ...
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... the Stoicks , who held that no vice could confift with virtue , nor the leaft virtue with vice . Plut . de aud . Poetis . I Would't Would'st thou the Greeks their lawful prey fhould yield , BOOK I. 19 HOMER'S ILIAD .
... the Stoicks , who held that no vice could confift with virtue , nor the leaft virtue with vice . Plut . de aud . Poetis . I Would't Would'st thou the Greeks their lawful prey fhould yield , BOOK I. 19 HOMER'S ILIAD .
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... thou poffeft of thine ? Great as thou art , and like a God in fight , Think not to rob me of a foldier's right . At thy demand fhall I restore the maid ? First let the juft equivalent be paid ; 170 Such V. 169. Great as thou art , and ...
... thou poffeft of thine ? Great as thou art , and like a God in fight , Think not to rob me of a foldier's right . At thy demand fhall I restore the maid ? First let the juft equivalent be paid ; 170 Such V. 169. Great as thou art , 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