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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Homerus. A run luxuriant thro ' a richness of nature ) might be lopp'd into form to give it a more regular appearance . Having now spoken of the beauties and defects of the original , it remains to treat of the tranflation , with the ...
Homerus. A run luxuriant thro ' a richness of nature ) might be lopp'd into form to give it a more regular appearance . Having now spoken of the beauties and defects of the original , it remains to treat of the tranflation , with the ...
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... thro ' their ufe of them ; fuch as the cloud - compelling Jove , c . As for the reft , whenever any can be as fully and fignificantly expreft in a fingle word as in a compounded one , the courfe to be taken is obvious . Some that cannot ...
... thro ' their ufe of them ; fuch as the cloud - compelling Jove , c . As for the reft , whenever any can be as fully and fignificantly expreft in a fingle word as in a compounded one , the courfe to be taken is obvious . Some that cannot ...
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... thro ' carelefnefs . His poetry , as well as Ogilby's , is too mean for criticism . It is a great lofs to the poetical world that Mr. Dry- den did not live to tranflate the Iliad . He has left us only the first book , and a small part ...
... thro ' carelefnefs . His poetry , as well as Ogilby's , is too mean for criticism . It is a great lofs to the poetical world that Mr. Dry- den did not live to tranflate the Iliad . He has left us only the first book , and a small part ...
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... thro ' mere neceffity , the other had no fooner gotten them , but he remov'd to Chios ; there the poems gain'd him wealth and ho- nour , while the author himself hardly earn'd his bread by repeating them . At laft , fome who came from ...
... thro ' mere neceffity , the other had no fooner gotten them , but he remov'd to Chios ; there the poems gain'd him wealth and ho- nour , while the author himself hardly earn'd his bread by repeating them . At laft , fome who came from ...
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... thro ' the different degrees of esteem which thofe writings have obtain'd in different periods of time . It has been the fortune of feveral great Genius's not to be known while they liv'd , either for want of hiftorians , the meanness ...
... thro ' the different degrees of esteem which thofe writings have obtain'd in different periods of time . It has been the fortune of feveral great Genius's not to be known while they liv'd , either for want of hiftorians , the meanness ...
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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