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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... - fy'd in the feveral characters of the Iliad . That of Achilles is furious and intractable ; that of Diomede forward , yet liftening to advice and fubject to com- mand : mand : That of Ajax is heavy and felf - PREFACE .
... - fy'd in the feveral characters of the Iliad . That of Achilles is furious and intractable ; that of Diomede forward , yet liftening to advice and fubject to com- mand : mand : That of Ajax is heavy and felf - PREFACE .
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... Iliad , so there is of speeches , than in any other poem . Every thing in it has manners ( as Ariftotle expreffes it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is hardly credible in a work of fuch length , how small a number of ...
... Iliad , so there is of speeches , than in any other poem . Every thing in it has manners ( as Ariftotle expreffes it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is hardly credible in a work of fuch length , how small a number of ...
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... Iliad , for the fame rea- fons which might fet the Odyffes above the Æneis : as that the Heroe is a wifer man : and the action of the one more beneficial to his country than that of the other : Or elfe they blame him for not doing what ...
... Iliad , for the fame rea- fons which might fet the Odyffes above the Æneis : as that the Heroe is a wifer man : and the action of the one more beneficial to his country than that of the other : Or elfe they blame him for not doing what ...
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Homerus. caufes of the great reputation of the Iliad , they found it upon the ignorance of his times , and the prejudice of thofe that followed : And in pursuance of this prin- ciple , they make those accidents ( fuch as the conten- tion ...
Homerus. caufes of the great reputation of the Iliad , they found it upon the ignorance of his times , and the prejudice of thofe that followed : And in pursuance of this prin- ciple , they make those accidents ( fuch as the conten- tion ...
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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