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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... himself while he reads him . What he writes is of the moft animated nature imaginable ; every thing moves , every thing lives , and is put in action . If a council be call'd , or a battel fought , you are not coldly inform'd of what was ...
... himself while he reads him . What he writes is of the moft animated nature imaginable ; every thing moves , every thing lives , and is put in action . If a council be call'd , or a battel fought , you are not coldly inform'd of what was ...
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... himself and others , and becomes on fire like a chariot - wheel , by its own rapidity . Exact difpofition , just thought , correct elor cution , polish'd numbers , may have been found in a thousand ; but this poetical fire , this Vivida ...
... himself and others , and becomes on fire like a chariot - wheel , by its own rapidity . Exact difpofition , just thought , correct elor cution , polish'd numbers , may have been found in a thousand ; but this poetical fire , this Vivida ...
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... himself by taking in a more extenfive fubject , as well as a greater length of time , and contracting the defign of both Homer's poems into one , which is yet but a fourth part as large as his . The other Epic Poets have us'd the fame ...
... himself by taking in a more extenfive fubject , as well as a greater length of time , and contracting the defign of both Homer's poems into one , which is yet but a fourth part as large as his . The other Epic Poets have us'd the fame ...
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... himself juft as long , on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of celeftial armour , Virgil and Taffo make the fame pre- fent to theirs . Virgil has not only obferv'd this clofe imitation of Homer , but where he had not led ...
... himself juft as long , on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of celeftial armour , Virgil and Taffo make the fame pre- fent to theirs . Virgil has not only obferv'd this clofe imitation of Homer , but where he had not led ...
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... himself with a great quantity out of him : And it is evident of Virgil especially , that he has fcarce any comparisons which are not drawn from his matter . If we defcend from hence to the expreffion , we fee the bright imagination of ...
... himself with a great quantity out of him : And it is evident of Virgil especially , that he has fcarce any comparisons which are not drawn from his matter . If we defcend from hence to the expreffion , we fee the bright imagination of ...
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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