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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... poets , who moft excell'd in that which is the very foundation of poetry . It is the Inven-- tion that in different degrees diftinguishes all great Genius's : The utmoft ftretch of human ftudy , learn- ing , and induftry , which mafter ...
... poets , who moft excell'd in that which is the very foundation of poetry . It is the Inven-- tion that in different degrees diftinguishes all great Genius's : The utmoft ftretch of human ftudy , learn- ing , and induftry , which mafter ...
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... poem in its fulleft fplendor : It grows in the progrefs both upon 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 ...
... poem in its fulleft fplendor : It grows in the progrefs both upon 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 ...
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... poem , and as it is taken for fiction . Fable may be divided into the probable , the allego- rical , and the marvellous . The probable fable is the recital of fuch actions as though they did not happen , yet might , in the common courfe ...
... poem , and as it is taken for fiction . Fable may be divided into the probable , the allego- rical , and the marvellous . The probable fable is the recital of fuch actions as though they did not happen , yet might , in the common courfe ...
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... poem , Rinaldo muft abfent himself juft as long , on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of celeftial ... Poets could difpute with Homer ; and whatever com- mendations have been allow'd them on this head , are by no means for ...
... poem , Rinaldo muft abfent himself juft as long , on the like account . If he gives his hero a fuit of celeftial ... Poets could difpute with Homer ; and whatever com- mendations have been allow'd them on this head , are by no means for ...
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... poem . The marvellous fable includes whatever is fuperna- tural , and especially the machines of the Gods . If Homer was not the first who introduc'd the deities ( as Herodotus imagines ) into the religion of Greece , he feems the first ...
... poem . The marvellous fable includes whatever is fuperna- tural , and especially the machines of the Gods . If Homer was not the first who introduc'd the deities ( as Herodotus imagines ) into the religion of Greece , he feems the first ...
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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