The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1720 |
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... should then be confider'd what methods may af ford fome equivalent in our language for the graces of these in the Greek . It is certain no literal tranfla- tion can be just to an excellent original in a fuperior language : but it is a ...
... should then be confider'd what methods may af ford fome equivalent in our language for the graces of these in the Greek . It is certain no literal tranfla- tion can be just to an excellent original in a fuperior language : but it is a ...
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... should be reftor'd to their primitive beauty . The Edition in Macedon under Alexander . In the front of thefe is Alexander the Great , for whom they will appeas peculiarly calculated , if we confider that no books more enliven or ...
... should be reftor'd to their primitive beauty . The Edition in Macedon under Alexander . In the front of thefe is Alexander the Great , for whom they will appeas peculiarly calculated , if we confider that no books more enliven or ...
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... should know that this character is not to be understood at large , as if he had included the full and regular fy- ftems of every thing : He is to be confider'd profef- fedly only in quality of a poet ; this was his bufinefs , to which ...
... should know that this character is not to be understood at large , as if he had included the full and regular fy- ftems of every thing : He is to be confider'd profef- fedly only in quality of a poet ; this was his bufinefs , to which ...
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... with an admiration of its perfection , and by writers with a despair that it should ever be emulated with fuccefs . THE THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ILIA D. ESTES ES ESTES 70 An ESSAY on HOMER . It is fufficient to have gone thus far, in ...
... with an admiration of its perfection , and by writers with a despair that it should ever be emulated with fuccefs . THE THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ILIA D. ESTES ES ESTES 70 An ESSAY on HOMER . It is fufficient to have gone thus far, in ...
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... high ftrain of honour will not fuffer him to betray his friends , or fight against them , even when he thinks they have affronted him ; F 4 but Would'st thou the Greeks their lawful prey should yield , BOOK I. 19 HOMER'S ILIAD .
... high ftrain of honour will not fuffer him to betray his friends , or fight against them , even when he thinks they have affronted him ; F 4 but Would'st thou the Greeks their lawful prey should yield , BOOK I. 19 HOMER'S ILIAD .
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Achilles Æneid againſt Agamemnon alfo ancient arms army Atrides battel beauty becauſe call'd caufe Chalcis character chief Chios compariſon defcending defcription defign Euftathius expreffion fable facred faid fame fays fceptre fecond feems feen felf fenfe feveral fhall fhews fhining fhips fhore fhort fhould fide fight fimile fince fingle firft firſt flain fome fometimes fpeech fpirit ftand ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuch Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Heroes himſelf hoft Homer honour Ibid Idomeneus Iliad Jove juft Jupiter King laft lefs Leo Allatius Madam Dacier manner Menelaus moft moſt muſt Neftor Nireus o'er obferves occafion paffage paffion Pandarus Paris perfons plain pleaſure Plutarch poem Poet poetry pow'r praiſe prefent Priam Prince reafon reft reprefented rifing ſhall ſpeak Spondanus Strab Suidas thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflation Trojan troops Troy Ulyffes uſe verfe Virgil whofe words