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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... troops partly from Kingdoms and partly from Democracies : Wherefore he begins with a diftinction which com- prehends all . After this , as Apollo's prieft , he prays that they may abtain the two bleffings they had moft in view , the ...
... troops partly from Kingdoms and partly from Democracies : Wherefore he begins with a diftinction which com- prehends all . After this , as Apollo's prieft , he prays that they may abtain the two bleffings they had moft in view , the ...
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... troops they led , Safe in her vales my warlike courfers fed ; Far hence remov'd , the hoarfe - refounding main , And walls of rocks , fecure my native reign , Whofe fruitful foil luxuriant harvests grace , Rich in her fruits , and in ...
... troops they led , Safe in her vales my warlike courfers fed ; Far hence remov'd , the hoarfe - refounding main , And walls of rocks , fecure my native reign , Whofe fruitful foil luxuriant harvests grace , Rich in her fruits , and in ...
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... troops , and to divide them into their feveral nations , before they proceeded to battel . This gives occafion to the Poet to enumerate all the forces of the Greeks and Trojans , in a large catalogue . The time employ'd in this book ...
... troops , and to divide them into their feveral nations , before they proceeded to battel . This gives occafion to the Poet to enumerate all the forces of the Greeks and Trojans , in a large catalogue . The time employ'd in this book ...
Page 69
... troops to measure back the main , Be mine ; and yours the province to detain . 95 V. 93. Now valiant chiefs , & c . ] The best commentary extant upon the first part of this book is in Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus , who has given us an ...
... troops to measure back the main , Be mine ; and yours the province to detain . 95 V. 93. Now valiant chiefs , & c . ] The best commentary extant upon the first part of this book is in Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus , who has given us an ...
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... troops is expreffed in the swarms , their tumultuous manner of iffuing out of the fhips , and the perpetual egreffion which feemed without end , are imaged in the bees pouring out of the rock , and laftly , their difperfion over all the ...
... troops is expreffed in the swarms , their tumultuous manner of iffuing out of the fhips , and the perpetual egreffion which feemed without end , are imaged in the bees pouring out of the rock , and laftly , their difperfion over all the ...
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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