A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope's Iliad & Odyssey. West's Pindar. Dryden's Virgil. Persius & Juvenal. Pitt's Aeneid. Rowe's LucanJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1792 |
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... arms draw forth th ' embattled train , I.ead all his Grecians to the dusty plain . Declare , ev'n now ' tis given him to deftroy The lofty towers of wide extended Troy . For now no more the Gods with fate contend ; At Juno's fuit the ...
... arms draw forth th ' embattled train , I.ead all his Grecians to the dusty plain . Declare , ev'n now ' tis given him to deftroy The lofty towers of wide extended Troy . For now no more the Gods with fate contend ; At Juno's fuit the ...
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... arms are flow , If Gods above prevent , or men below . To him the king : How much thy years excel In arts of council , and in fpeaking well ? O would the Gods , in love to Greece , decree But ten fuch fages as they grant in thee ; Such ...
... arms are flow , If Gods above prevent , or men below . To him the king : How much thy years excel In arts of council , and in fpeaking well ? O would the Gods , in love to Greece , decree But ten fuch fages as they grant in thee ; Such ...
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... arms ; Soft moving speech , and pleafing outward fhow , No with can gain them , but the Gods bestow . Yet , would't thou have the proffer'd combat stand , The Greeks and Trojans feat on either hand ; Then let a mid - way space our hofts ...
... arms ; Soft moving speech , and pleafing outward fhow , No with can gain them , but the Gods bestow . Yet , would't thou have the proffer'd combat stand , The Greeks and Trojans feat on either hand ; Then let a mid - way space our hofts ...
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... arms lie fcatter'd on the plain : Broad is his breaft , his fhoulders larger spread , Though great Atrides overtops his head . " Nor yet appear his care and conduct fmall ; From ' rank to rank he moves , and orders all . The stately ram ...
... arms lie fcatter'd on the plain : Broad is his breaft , his fhoulders larger spread , Though great Atrides overtops his head . " Nor yet appear his care and conduct fmall ; From ' rank to rank he moves , and orders all . The stately ram ...
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... Arms muft revenge , and Mars decido the field . With that the chief the tender victims flew , And in the duft their bleeding bodies threw ; The vital spirit iffued at the wound , And left the members quivering on the ground . From the ...
... Arms muft revenge , and Mars decido the field . With that the chief the tender victims flew , And in the duft their bleeding bodies threw ; The vital spirit iffued at the wound , And left the members quivering on the ground . From the ...
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Atrides band beneath blood bold brave breaft chariot chief counfels courfers crown'd dart death defcends diftant Diomed divine dreadful duft Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate feaft feas fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft fkies flain flames flew flies fome forrows foul fpear fpoke ftand fteeds ftern ftill fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand heart Heaven Hector hero hoft honours Idomeneus Ilion immortal javelin Jove king laft lance loft Lycian Menelaus mighty monarch mortal muft Neftor numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain Priam prince Pylian race rage reft rife ſhall ſhore Simoïs ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Telemachus thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes vafe veffels walls warrior whofe woes wound youth