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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... beauty in them but is owing to the invention : As in the most regular gardens , however art may carry the greatest ap- pearance , there is not a plant or flower but is the gift of nature . The firft can only reduce the beau- ties of the ...
... beauty in them but is owing to the invention : As in the most regular gardens , however art may carry the greatest ap- pearance , there is not a plant or flower but is the gift of nature . The firft can only reduce the beau- ties of the ...
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... beauty of his numbers is allow'd by the criticks to be copied but faintly by Vir- gil himself , tho ' they are fo jult to afcribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : Indeed the Greek has fome advantages both from the natural found of ...
... beauty of his numbers is allow'd by the criticks to be copied but faintly by Vir- gil himself , tho ' they are fo jult to afcribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : Indeed the Greek has fome advantages both from the natural found of ...
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... to the ear of thofe times , is by no means fo to ours : But one may wait for opportunities of placing them , where they derive an additional beauty from the oc- cafions cafions on which they are employed ; and in doing PREFACE .
... to the ear of thofe times , is by no means fo to ours : But one may wait for opportunities of placing them , where they derive an additional beauty from the oc- cafions cafions on which they are employed ; and in doing PREFACE .
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... have will fee I have endeavour'd at this beauty . Upon the whole , I must confefs my felf utterly ine capable of doing justice to Homer . I attempt him in no other hope but that which one may entertain without B 3 no PREFACE .
... have will fee I have endeavour'd at this beauty . Upon the whole , I must confefs my felf utterly ine capable of doing justice to Homer . I attempt him in no other hope but that which one may entertain without B 3 no PREFACE .
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... beauty . But while fhe walk'd on " the bank of the river Meles , fhe brought forth Ho 66 66 mer , and expir'd . The infant was taken by Maon " and bred up as his fon , ' till the death of that " Prince . " And from this point of the ...
... beauty . But while fhe walk'd on " the bank of the river Meles , fhe brought forth Ho 66 66 mer , and expir'd . The infant was taken by Maon " and bred up as his fon , ' till the death of that " Prince . " And from this point of the ...
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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