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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... thought , correct elor cution , polish'd numbers , may have been found in a thousand ; but this poetical fire , this Vivida vis animi , in a very few . Even in works where all thofe are imperfect or neglected , this can over - power ...
... thought , correct elor cution , polish'd numbers , may have been found in a thousand ; but this poetical fire , this Vivida vis animi , in a very few . Even in works where all thofe are imperfect or neglected , this can over - power ...
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... thoughts , which might be equally juft in any per- fon's mouth upon the fame occafion . As many of his perfons have no apparent characters , fo many of his fpeeches escape being apply'd and judg'd by the rule of propriety . We oftner ...
... thoughts , which might be equally juft in any per- fon's mouth upon the fame occafion . As many of his perfons have no apparent characters , fo many of his fpeeches escape being apply'd and judg'd by the rule of propriety . We oftner ...
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... thought is warmer , an expreflion will be brighter ; and as that is more ftrong , this will become more perfpicuous : Like glafs in the furnace which grows to a greater magnitude , and refines to a greater clearnefs , only as the breath ...
... thought is warmer , an expreflion will be brighter ; and as that is more ftrong , this will become more perfpicuous : Like glafs in the furnace which grows to a greater magnitude , and refines to a greater clearnefs , only as the breath ...
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... thought the due proportion of parts , to become miracles in the whole ; and like the old heroes of that make , com- mit fomething near extravagance , amidst a series of glorious and inimitable performances . Thus Homer has his fpeaking ...
... thought the due proportion of parts , to become miracles in the whole ; and like the old heroes of that make , com- mit fomething near extravagance , amidst a series of glorious and inimitable performances . Thus Homer has his fpeaking ...
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... thought to account better for the propriety than for the repetition , I shall add a farther conjecture . He- fiod dividing the world into its different ages , has plac'd a fourth age between the brazen and the iron one , of Heroes ...
... thought to account better for the propriety than for the repetition , I shall add a farther conjecture . He- fiod dividing the world into its different ages , has plac'd a fourth age between the brazen and the iron one , of Heroes ...
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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