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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... manners of 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 ...
... manners of 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 ...
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... manner ; and fuch a profufion of noble ideas , that every battel . rifes above the laft in greatnefs , horror , and confufion . It is certain there is not near that number of images and defcriptions in any Epic Poet ; tho every one has ...
... manner ; and fuch a profufion of noble ideas , that every battel . rifes above the laft in greatnefs , horror , and confufion . It is certain there is not near that number of images and defcriptions in any Epic Poet ; tho every one has ...
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... manner of heaping a number of comparisons together in one breath , when his fancy fuggefted to him at once so many various and correfpondent images . The reader will eafily extend this obfervation to more objections of the fame kind ...
... manner of heaping a number of comparisons together in one breath , when his fancy fuggefted to him at once so many various and correfpondent images . The reader will eafily extend this obfervation to more objections of the fame kind ...
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... manners , and fentiments , no tranflator can prejudice it but by wilful omiffions or contractions . As it alfo breaks out in every particular image , defcrip- tion , and fimile ; whoever leffens or too much foftens thofe , takes off ...
... manners , and fentiments , no tranflator can prejudice it but by wilful omiffions or contractions . As it alfo breaks out in every particular image , defcrip- tion , and fimile ; whoever leffens or too much foftens thofe , takes off ...
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... manners of expreffion , which have attain'd a veneration even in our language from being used in the Old Teftament ; as on ... manner of Milton , if done without too much affectation , might not have an ill effect in a verfion of this ...
... manners of expreffion , which have attain'd a veneration even in our language from being used in the Old Teftament ; as on ... manner of Milton , if done without too much affectation , might not have an ill effect in a verfion of this ...
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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