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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... naturally infpire , I mean compaffion and pity : when he caufes us to look back upon the loft riches , poffeffions , and hopes of those who die : When he transports us to their native countries and paternal feats , to fee the griefs of ...
... naturally infpire , I mean compaffion and pity : when he caufes us to look back upon the loft riches , poffeffions , and hopes of those who die : When he transports us to their native countries and paternal feats , to fee the griefs of ...
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... naturally the fame with those of the Grecian women . As to the degree of regard then fhewn to the baftards , they were ... natural fon of Achilles by Deidamia , fucceeded in his father's kingdom , perhaps with relpect to his mother's ...
... naturally the fame with those of the Grecian women . As to the degree of regard then fhewn to the baftards , they were ... natural fon of Achilles by Deidamia , fucceeded in his father's kingdom , perhaps with relpect to his mother's ...
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... naturally believe he took thefe occafions of paying a compliment to many great men and families of his patrons , both in Greece and Asia . On his broad fhoulder fell the forceful brand , Thence B 3 On BOOK V. 29 HOMER'S ILIAD . How vain ...
... naturally believe he took thefe occafions of paying a compliment to many great men and families of his patrons , both in Greece and Asia . On his broad fhoulder fell the forceful brand , Thence B 3 On BOOK V. 29 HOMER'S ILIAD . How vain ...
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... natural and poetical , and tends to move compaf- fion , which is almoft conftantly the defign of the Poet , in his fre- quent short digreffions concerning the circumftances and relations of dying perfons , Cold Cold death o'ertakes them ...
... natural and poetical , and tends to move compaf- fion , which is almoft conftantly the defign of the Poet , in his fre- quent short digreffions concerning the circumftances and relations of dying perfons , Cold Cold death o'ertakes them ...
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... naturally be fuppofed to give fuch a wound as is defcribed here . Were it never fo improbable , the ex- prefs mention that Minerva conducted the javelin to that part , would render this paffage unexceptionable . But without having re ...
... naturally be fuppofed to give fuch a wound as is defcribed here . Were it never fo improbable , the ex- prefs mention that Minerva conducted the javelin to that part , would render this paffage unexceptionable . But without having re ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid affiftance againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Apollo arms army battel becauſe brave breaſt caufe chariot chief circumftance combate compariſon courfers Dacier dart defcend defcribed defign Diomed dreadful Euftathius ev'ry facred faid fame fate fays feems fhall fhews fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt flain fome fpear fpeech ftand ftrength fuch fuperior fury gates gen'rous Glaucus glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Helenus heroes himſelf Homer horfes Iliad immortal inftances Jove juft Juno Jupiter laft Lycian Mars Menelaus mighty Minerva mortal moſt muſt Neftor o'er obferve occafion paffage paffion Pallas Pandarus Paris perfons Phereclus plain Poet pow'r prefent Priam rage raiſe reafon reprefents rifing Sarpedon Scamander ſhake ſhall ſkies ſpear Spondanus ſteeds Sthenelus Teucer thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tlepolemus tranflated trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes uſe Venus Virgil warrior whofe whoſe wound
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Page 237 - O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
Page 113 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Page 196 - Thunderer down to earth. Ye strive in vain! If I but stretch this hand, I heave the gods, the ocean, and the land; I fix the chain to great Olympus
Page 141 - And placed the beaming helmet on the ground; Then kiss'd the child, and, lifting high in air, Thus to the gods preferr'da father's prayer: "O thou!
Page 122 - And draw new spirits from the generous bowl; Spent as thou art with long laborious fight, The brave defender of thy country's right." "Far hence be Bacchus' gifts; (the chief rejoin'd;) Inflaming wine, pernicious to mankind, Unnerves the limbs, and dulls the noble mind.
Page 210 - All famed in war, and dreadful hand to hand. Be mindful of the wreaths your arms have won, Your great forefathers' glories, and your own. Heard ye the voice of Jove ? Success and fame Await on Troy, on Greece eternal shame.
Page 143 - No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb. Fix'd is the term to all the race of earth, And such the hard condition of our birth : No force can then resist, no flight can save ; All sink alike, the fearful and the brave.
Page 237 - Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimm'ring Xanthus with their rays : The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires.
Page 124 - The recreant warrior hear the voice of Fame. Oh would kind earth the hateful wretch embrace, That pest of Troy, that ruin of our race ! Deep to the dark abyss might he descend, Troy yet should flourish, and my sorrows end.
Page 195 - Join all, and try th' omnipotence of Jove : Let down our golden everlasting chain, Whose strong embrace holds heaven, and earth, and main : Strive all, of mortal and immortal birth, To drag, by this, the Thunderer down to earth : Ye strive in vain ! If I but stretch this hand, I heave...