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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... Poet's imagination , and turns in one place to a hearer , in another to a spec- tator . The courfe of his verses resembles that of the army he describes , Οἱ δ ̓ ἴσαν , ώσει το πυρὶ χθὺν πᾶσα νέμοιο . They pour along like a fire that ...
... Poet's imagination , and turns in one place to a hearer , in another to a spec- tator . The courfe of his verses resembles that of the army he describes , Οἱ δ ̓ ἴσαν , ώσει το πυρὶ χθὺν πᾶσα νέμοιο . They pour along like a fire that ...
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Homerus. the invention of Fable . That which Ariftotle calls the Soul of Poetry , was first breath'd into it by Homer ... Poet . Yet this he has fupplied with a vaster variety of incidents and events , and crouded with a greater number of ...
Homerus. the invention of Fable . That which Ariftotle calls the Soul of Poetry , was first breath'd into it by Homer ... Poet . Yet this he has fupplied with a vaster variety of incidents and events , and crouded with a greater number of ...
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... Poets could difpute with Homer ; and whatever com- mendations have been allow'd them on this 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 ...
... Poets could difpute with Homer ; and whatever com- mendations have been allow'd them on this 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 ...
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... poetry beyond the limits he has fet : Every attempt of this nature has prov'd unsuc- cefsful ; and after all the various changes of times and religions , his Gods continue to this day the Gods of poetry . We come now to the characters ...
... poetry beyond the limits he has fet : Every attempt of this nature has prov'd unsuc- cefsful ; and after all the various changes of times and religions , his Gods continue to this day the Gods of poetry . We come now to the characters ...
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