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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... Some accuse him for the fame things which they overlook or praise in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the neis to thofe of the Iliad , for the fame rea- fons which might fet the Odyffes above the Æneis : as that ...
... Some accuse him for the fame things which they overlook or praise in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the neis to thofe of the Iliad , for the fame rea- fons which might fet the Odyffes above the Æneis : as that ...
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... Some of his tranflators having fwell'd into fuftian in a proud confidence of the fublime ; others funk into flatnefs in a cold and timorous notion of fimplicity . Methinks I fee thefe different followers of Homer , fome fweating and ...
... Some of his tranflators having fwell'd into fuftian in a proud confidence of the fublime ; others funk into flatnefs in a cold and timorous notion of fimplicity . Methinks I fee thefe different followers of Homer , fome fweating and ...
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... Some that cannot be fo turn'd as to preserve their full image by one or two words , may have jufticę done them by circumlocution ; as the epithet eivori- A to a mountain , would appear little or ridicu lous tranflated literally leaf ...
... Some that cannot be fo turn'd as to preserve their full image by one or two words , may have jufticę done them by circumlocution ; as the epithet eivori- A to a mountain , would appear little or ridicu lous tranflated literally leaf ...
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... Some indeed have thought , notwithstanding all this , that Homer had only a design to please in his in- vention ; and that others have fince extracted inorals out of his stories ( as indeed all ftories are capable of being us'd fo ...
... Some indeed have thought , notwithstanding all this , that Homer had only a design to please in his in- vention ; and that others have fince extracted inorals out of his stories ( as indeed all ftories are capable of being us'd fo ...
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... Some trivial prefent to my fhips I bear , 220 Or barren praises pay the wounds of war . But know , proud monarch , I'm thy flave no more ; My fleet shall waft me to Theffalia's fhore . Left by Achilles on the Trojan plain , What spoils ...
... Some trivial prefent to my fhips I bear , 220 Or barren praises pay the wounds of war . But know , proud monarch , I'm thy flave no more ; My fleet shall waft me to Theffalia's fhore . Left by Achilles on the Trojan plain , What spoils ...
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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