The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1H. Baldwin, 1796 - 294 pages |
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Page lxv
... observation be true , that the strongest antipathy in the world is that of fools to men of wit . Mr. Addifon was the firft whofe advice determined me to undertake this tafk , who was pleased to write to me upon that occasion in fuch ...
... observation be true , that the strongest antipathy in the world is that of fools to men of wit . Mr. Addifon was the firft whofe advice determined me to undertake this tafk , who was pleased to write to me upon that occasion in fuch ...
Page cxx
... observation . He uses the different dialects which were spoken in its different parts , as one who had been con- verfant with them all . But the argument which appears most irrefragable , is to be taken from his catalogue of the ships ...
... observation . He uses the different dialects which were spoken in its different parts , as one who had been con- verfant with them all . But the argument which appears most irrefragable , is to be taken from his catalogue of the ships ...
Page clxxv
... observe , that at the time when Homer was born , Greece did not abound in learning . For where - ever Poli- ticks and Morality are weak , learning wants its peaceable air to thrive in * . He has however introduced as much of their ...
... observe , that at the time when Homer was born , Greece did not abound in learning . For where - ever Poli- ticks and Morality are weak , learning wants its peaceable air to thrive in * . He has however introduced as much of their ...
Page clxxix
... observation which agrees with no other . with no other . And if to this we add ( what Eratofthenes thought he meant ) that the five plates which were fastened on the shield , divided it by the lines where they met , into the five zones ...
... observation which agrees with no other . with no other . And if to this we add ( what Eratofthenes thought he meant ) that the five plates which were fastened on the shield , divided it by the lines where they met , into the five zones ...
Page clxxxii
... observe , that they who have written concerning the art of speaking , take from Homer most of the instances of their fimilitudes , amplifications , examples , digreffions , and arguments . Natural Phi- lofophy . As to§ Natural ...
... observe , that they who have written concerning the art of speaking , take from Homer most of the instances of their fimilitudes , amplifications , examples , digreffions , and arguments . Natural Phi- lofophy . As to§ Natural ...
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Achilles Ægypt Æneid againſt Agamemnon alfo alſo anſwer Atrides beauty becauſe cauſe Chalcas Chapman chief compariſon Dacier defcribe defign deſcription Dryden edition Editor Euftathius expreffion fable facred faid fame fceptre feems fhall fhews fhips fhore fimile firft firſt fome fpeech ftill fubject fuch Goddeſs Gods greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks heroes himſelf Homer Homer fays honour Ibid Iliad itſelf Jove Jupiter juſt king laſt Leo Allatius loft maſter moft moſt muſt Neftor Nireus o'er obferved occafion Ogilby original paffage paffion Peneus perfons plain pleaſed pleaſure Plutarch poem poet poetical poetry pow'r praiſe prefent preferved prieſt Pteleon Quintilian raiſed reader reaſon refpect repreſented rhymes rife ſays ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhore ſhould ſkies ſpeak ſpirit ſpoke ſtate ſtill ſtory Strab Suidas thefe themſelves theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thouſand tranflator Travers Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſed verfe verfion verſe Virgil whofe whoſe words καὶ
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Page lxviii - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Page xxxii - We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each : it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man...
Page xvii - Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manners.
Page lxvi - ... terms as I cannot repeat without vanity. I was obliged to Sir Richard Steele for a very early recommendation of my undertaking to the publick.
Page lix - In a word, the nature of the man may account for his whole performance ; for he appears, from his preface and remarks, to have been of an arrogant turn, and an enthusiast in poetry.
Page lxix - All you need do (says he) is to leave them just as they are ; call on Lord Halifax two or three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much...
Page iv - ... through an uniform and bounded walk of art, than to comprehend the vast and various extent of nature.
Page lx - I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned.
Page ix - Statius it bursts out in sudden, short, and interrupted flashes: in Milton it glows like a furnace kept up to an uncommon ardour by the force of art: in Shakespeare it strikes before we are aware, like an accidental fire from heaven: but in Homer, and in him only, it burns everywhere clearly and everywhere irresistibly.
Page xvi - ... in the poetic, that mankind have been ever since contented to follow them : none have been able to enlarge the...