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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... head , are by no means for their invention in having en- larg'd his circle , but for their judgment in having contracted it . For when the mode of learning chang'd in following ages , and feience was deliver ' d in a plainer manner ; it ...
... head , are by no means for their invention in having en- larg'd his circle , but for their judgment in having contracted it . For when the mode of learning chang'd in following ages , and feience was deliver ' d in a plainer manner ; it ...
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... head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding them ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practis'd in the cafe of ...
... head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding them ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practis'd in the cafe of ...
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... heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endless , than the common method of comparing eminent wri- ters by an oppofition of particular paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their ...
... heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endless , than the common method of comparing eminent wri- ters by an oppofition of particular paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their ...
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... head of it . That which in my opinion ought to be the endea- vour of any one who translates Homer , is above all things to keep alive that spirit and fire which makes his chief character : In particular places , where the fenfe can bear ...
... head of it . That which in my opinion ought to be the endea- vour of any one who translates Homer , is above all things to keep alive that spirit and fire which makes his chief character : In particular places , where the fenfe can bear ...
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... head we may reckon thofe ungrounded conjectures with which his adverfaries afperfe the very defign and profecution of his traveis , when they infi- nuate , that they were one continued fearch atter au- thors who had written before him ...
... head we may reckon thofe ungrounded conjectures with which his adverfaries afperfe the very defign and profecution of his traveis , when they infi- nuate , that they were one continued fearch atter au- thors who had written before him ...
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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