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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... those who follow'd him have but fe- lected fome 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 ...
... those who follow'd him have but fe- lected fome 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 ...
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... those alle- gorical parts of a 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 ...
... those alle- gorical parts of a 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 ...
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... those of Ho- mer . His characters of valour are much alike ; even that of Turnus seems , no way peculiar but as it is in a fuperior degree ; and we fee nothing that differences the courage of Mneftheus from that of Sergefthus , Clo ...
... those of Ho- mer . His characters of valour are much alike ; even that of Turnus seems , no way peculiar but as it is in a fuperior degree ; and we fee nothing that differences the courage of Mneftheus from that of Sergefthus , Clo ...
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... those who utter them . As there is more variety of characters in the Iliad , so there is of speeches , than in any other poem . Every thing in it has manners ( as Ariftotle expreffes it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is ...
... those who utter them . As there is more variety of characters in the Iliad , so there is of speeches , than in any other poem . Every thing in it has manners ( as Ariftotle expreffes it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is ...
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... those times and man- ners are fo much the more excellent , as they are " more contrary to ours . " Who can be fo prejudi- ced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages , when a fpirit of revenge and cruelty reign'd thro ...
... those times and man- ners are fo much the more excellent , as they are " more contrary to ours . " Who can be fo prejudi- ced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages , when a fpirit of revenge and cruelty reign'd thro ...
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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