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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... gift of nature . The firft can only reduce the beau- ties of the latter into a more obvious figure , which the common eye may better take in , and is therefore A. 4 more more entertain'd with them . And perhaps the reafon why.
... gift of nature . The firft can only reduce the beau- ties of the latter into a more obvious figure , which the common eye may better take in , and is therefore A. 4 more more entertain'd with them . And perhaps the reafon why.
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... eye . 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 ...
... eye . 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 ...
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... eyes of one fort of Criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most universal applau- fes , which holds the heart of a reader under the ftrongest enchantment . Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry , but ...
... eyes of one fort of Criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most universal applau- fes , which holds the heart of a reader under the ftrongest enchantment . Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry , but ...
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... fort of marks or moles , by which every common eye diftinguishes him at firft fight : Those who are not his greatest admirers look upon them as defects , and B 2 thofe those who are , feem pleased with them as beauties PREFACE .
... fort of marks or moles , by which every common eye diftinguishes him at firft fight : Those who are not his greatest admirers look upon them as defects , and B 2 thofe those who are , feem pleased with them as beauties PREFACE .
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... eyes , while he gaz'd for the enlargement of his notions . If this be any thing more than a mere fable , one would be apt to imagine it infinuated his contracting a blindness by too intenfe an application while he wrote his Iliad . But ...
... eyes , while he gaz'd for the enlargement of his notions . If this be any thing more than a mere fable , one would be apt to imagine it infinuated his contracting a blindness by too intenfe an application while he wrote his Iliad . But ...
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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