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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... given agreeable to the original , but is al- fo fet off with occafional ornaments and prospects . The fame will account for his manner of heaping a number of comparisons together in one breath , when his fancy fuggefted to him at once ...
... given agreeable to the original , but is al- fo fet off with occafional ornaments and prospects . The fame will account for his manner of heaping a number of comparisons together in one breath , when his fancy fuggefted to him at once ...
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... given us a correct explanation of the fenfe in general , but for particulars and circumftan- ces he continually lopps them , and often omits the moft beautiful . As for its being efteem'd a clofe tranflation , I doubt not many have been ...
... given us a correct explanation of the fenfe in general , but for particulars and circumftan- ces he continually lopps them , and often omits the moft beautiful . As for its being efteem'd a clofe tranflation , I doubt not many have been ...
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... given ( in his excellent Efay ) the finest praise he ever yet receiv'd : that Read Homer once , and you can read no more ; For all things elfe appear so mean and poor , Verfe will feem Profe : yet often on him look , And you will hardly ...
... given ( in his excellent Efay ) the finest praise he ever yet receiv'd : that Read Homer once , and you can read no more ; For all things elfe appear so mean and poor , Verfe will feem Profe : yet often on him look , And you will hardly ...
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... given with refpect to Egypt and Greece , the two native countreys of fable . " a We have one in Euftathius moft ftrangely fram'd , which Alexander Paphius has reported concerning Ho- mer's birth and infancy . That he was born in Æ- gypt ...
... given with refpect to Egypt and Greece , the two native countreys of fable . " a We have one in Euftathius moft ftrangely fram'd , which Alexander Paphius has reported concerning Ho- mer's birth and infancy . That he was born in Æ- gypt ...
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... given , must be fome accident of his life . They then proceed to confider every thing that the word may imply by its derivation . One finds that ' Ones fignifies a thigh ; whence arifes the tradition in Heliodorus , that he was banish'd ...
... given , must be fome accident of his life . They then proceed to confider every thing that the word may imply by its derivation . One finds that ' Ones fignifies a thigh ; whence arifes the tradition in Heliodorus , that he was banish'd ...
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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