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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... Virgil , that there was not in his time that demand upon him of so great an inven- tion , as might be capable of furnishing all those alle- gorical parts of a poem . The marvellous fable includes whatever is fuperna- tural , and ...
... Virgil , that there was not in his time that demand upon him of so great an inven- tion , as might be capable of furnishing all those alle- gorical parts of a poem . The marvellous fable includes whatever is fuperna- tural , and ...
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... Virgil , than when we are engag'd in Homer : All which are the effects of a colder inven- tion , that interefts us lefs in the action defcrib'd : Ho- mer makes us hearers , and Virgil leaves us readers . If in the next place we take a ...
... Virgil , than when we are engag'd in Homer : All which are the effects of a colder inven- tion , that interefts us lefs in the action defcrib'd : Ho- mer makes us hearers , and Virgil leaves us readers . If in the next place we take a ...
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... Virgil was very fenfible of this , and ufed the utmoft diligence in working up a more intractable language to what- foever graces it was capable of ; and in particular never fail'd to bring the found of his line to a beau- tiful ...
... Virgil was very fenfible of this , and ufed the utmoft diligence in working up a more intractable language to what- foever graces it was capable of ; and in particular never fail'd to bring the found of his line to a beau- tiful ...
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... Virgil with regard to any of thefe heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or ... Virgil has in judgment . Not that we are to think Homer wanted judgment ,. because becaufe Virgil had it in a more ...
... Virgil with regard to any of thefe heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or ... Virgil has in judgment . Not that we are to think Homer wanted judgment ,. because becaufe Virgil had it in a more ...
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... Virgil . Others felect thofe particular paffages of Homer , which are not fo labour'd as fome that Virgil drew out of them : This is the whole management of Scaliger in his Poetices . Others quarrel with what they take for low and mean ...
... Virgil . Others felect thofe particular paffages of Homer , which are not fo labour'd as fome that Virgil drew out of them : This is the whole management of Scaliger in his Poetices . Others quarrel with what they take for low and mean ...
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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