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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... particular excellencies ; but his Invention remains yet unrival'd . Nor is it wonder if he has ever been acknowledg'd the greatest of poets , who moft excell'd in that which is the very foundation of poetry . It is the Inven-- tion that ...
... particular excellencies ; but his Invention remains yet unrival'd . Nor is it wonder if he has ever been acknowledg'd the greatest of poets , who moft excell'd in that which is the very foundation of poetry . It is the Inven-- tion that ...
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... particular plants , each according to his fancy , to cultivate and beautify . If fome things are too luxuriant , it is owning to the richness of the foil ; and if others are not arriv'd to perfection or maturity , it is only because ...
... particular plants , each according to his fancy , to cultivate and beautify . If fome things are too luxuriant , it is owning to the richness of the foil ; and if others are not arriv'd to perfection or maturity , it is only because ...
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... particular images could not have been infifted upon fo long as to exprefs them in a defcription ( tho ' but of a fingle line ) without divert- ing the reader too much from the principal action or figure . As a metaphor is a fhort fimile ...
... particular images could not have been infifted upon fo long as to exprefs them in a defcription ( tho ' but of a fingle line ) without divert- ing the reader too much from the principal action or figure . As a metaphor is a fhort fimile ...
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... particular never fail'd to bring the found of his line to a beau- tiful agreement with its fenfe . If the Gracian poet has not been fo frequently celebrated on this account as the Roman , the only reafon is , that fewer criticks have ...
... particular never fail'd to bring the found of his line to a beau- tiful agreement with its fenfe . If the Gracian poet has not been fo frequently celebrated on this account as the Roman , the only reafon is , that fewer criticks have ...
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... particular paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their me- rit upon the whole . We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and diftinguish- ing excellence of each : It is in that we are to con ...
... particular paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their me- rit upon the whole . We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and diftinguish- ing excellence of each : It is in that we are to con ...
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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