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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... imagine Homer had no other care than to transcribe as faft as the Mufes di- tated ; and at the fame time with fo much force and infpiriting vigour , that they awaken and raise us like the found of a trumpet . They roll along as a ...
... imagine Homer had no other care than to transcribe as faft as the Mufes di- tated ; and at the fame time with fo much force and infpiriting vigour , that they awaken and raise us like the found of a trumpet . They roll along as a ...
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... imagine by the whole course of their parallels , that these Criticks ne- ver fo much as heard of Homer's having written first ; a confideration which whoever compares these two Poets ought to have always in his eye . Some accuse him for ...
... imagine by the whole course of their parallels , that these Criticks ne- ver fo much as heard of Homer's having written first ; a confideration which whoever compares these two Poets ought to have always in his eye . Some accuse him for ...
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... imagine ( as ma- ny have done ) that a rafh paraphrafe can make a- mends for this general defect ; which is no less in danger to lose the spirit of an ancient , by deviating into the modern manners of expreffion . If there be fometime a ...
... imagine ( as ma- ny have done ) that a rafh paraphrafe can make a- mends for this general defect ; which is no less in danger to lose the spirit of an ancient , by deviating into the modern manners of expreffion . If there be fometime a ...
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... imagine Homer himself would have writ before he arriv'd to years of difcretion . Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the fenfe in general , but for particulars and circumftan- ces he continually lopps them , and often omits the ...
... imagine Homer himself would have writ before he arriv'd to years of difcretion . Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the fenfe in general , but for particulars and circumftan- ces he continually lopps them , and often omits the ...
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... upon little particularities . They imagine it the part of an hiftorian to omit nothing they meet with , concerning him ; and gather every thing with- out out any diftinction , to the prejudice or neglect of 2 An ESSAY on HOMER .
... upon little particularities . They imagine it the part of an hiftorian to omit nothing they meet with , concerning him ; and gather every thing with- out out any diftinction , to the prejudice or neglect of 2 An ESSAY on HOMER .
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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