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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... particular paffages of Homer , which are not fo labour'd as fome that Virgil drew out of them : This is the whole management of Scaliger in his Poetices . Others quarrel with what they take for low and mean expreffions , fometimes thro ...
... particular paffages of Homer , which are not fo labour'd as fome that Virgil drew out of them : This is the whole management of Scaliger in his Poetices . Others quarrel with what they take for low and mean expreffions , fometimes thro ...
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... particular image , defcrip- tion , and fimile ; whoever leffens or too much foftens thofe , takes off from this chief character .. It is the first grand duty of an interpreter to give his author entire and unmaim'd ; and for the relt ...
... particular image , defcrip- tion , and fimile ; whoever leffens or too much foftens thofe , takes off from this chief character .. It is the first grand duty of an interpreter to give his author entire and unmaim'd ; and for the relt ...
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... particular place . ' Tis a great fecret in writing to know when to be plain , and when poe- tical and figurative ; and it is what Homer will teach us , if we will but follow modeftly in his footsteps . Where his diction is bold and ...
... particular place . ' Tis a great fecret in writing to know when to be plain , and when poe- tical and figurative ; and it is what Homer will teach us , if we will but follow modeftly in his footsteps . Where his diction is bold and ...
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... particular care fhould be taken to exprefs with all plainnefs thofe moral fentences and proverbial fpeeches which are fo numerous in this Poet . They have fomething venerable , and as I may fay oracular , in that unadorn'd gravity and ...
... particular care fhould be taken to exprefs with all plainnefs thofe moral fentences and proverbial fpeeches which are fo numerous in this Poet . They have fomething venerable , and as I may fay oracular , in that unadorn'd gravity and ...
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... particular places , where the fenfe can bear any doubt , to follow the strongest and most poetical , as moft agreeing with that character ; to copy him in all the variations of his ftyle , and the different modulations of his numbers ...
... particular places , where the fenfe can bear any doubt , to follow the strongest and most poetical , as moft agreeing with that character ; to copy him in all the variations of his ftyle , and the different modulations of his numbers ...
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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