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" He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. "
Essay on the Principles of Translation - Page 122
by Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 436 pages
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetorick

Hugh Blair - 1822 - 272 pages
...of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." Mr. Pope translates it thus ; He spoke : and awf al bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls,...gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of a God ; High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its centre shook. The...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 81

British poets - 1822 - 304 pages
...will divine, The faithful, fix'd, irrevocable sign; This seals thy suit, and this fulfils thy vows—' He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. Swift to the seas...
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The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1

Homerus - 1822 - 320 pages
...divine, The faithful, fix'd, irrevocable sign; This seals thy suit, and this fulfils thy vows — " He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god: 56 THE ILIAD. JSookl. High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took,, And all Olympus to the centre...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 322 pages
...first JEneid. a£et ^CLITAI Eftf ppwdttvro avaXTOf ' p.iya.1 $' lxl&i£cv "OXvjwrw. ILIAD, i. 528. He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes...trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. — PoPE. Dixit : et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, Ambrosiaeque comae divinnm...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 682 pages
...£gj° ^atraI EVEppvravTo ayaXTO; Kfarof a?r' adayaroio* fjtsyai S" iXiXi^Ey 'OXujunw. ILIAD, i. 528. He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes...trembling the dread signal took. And all Olympus to the centre shook. — POPE. Dixit: et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, Ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 9-10

British essayists - 1823 - 806 pages
...%aiTiti ifl?peaffnvro eimtxTti Kguros av' titinyKroio' fAtyoui '3 (AsX/£{v "QKvfAfav. ILIAD. A. 538. He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows; Shakes...The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. rora. Dirit : el...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

1823 - 398 pages
...iit Eppsaffa.vTo avtcxTos Kflaros «3"' a^avaTO.'O- {tiyav o' \\i\tfyv "Q^.of/.fov. ILIAD. A. 528. He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes...The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. POPE. Dixit: et avertms...
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Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods, and Illustrious Heroes: Revised for a ...

François Pomey - 1823 - 370 pages
...High heav'n the footstool for his feet he makes, And wide beneath him, all Olympus shakes. He spake ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial...; The stamp of fate and sanction of the god : High heaven, with trembling, the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. — Homer. All...
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric

Hugh Blair - 1823 - 320 pages
...the celestial locks of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken. Mr. Pope translates it thus : lie spoke ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his...gives the nod ; The stamp of fate, and sanction of a God; High heaven with trembling the dread signal took,And all Olympus to its centre shook. The boldness,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 19

1823 - 936 pages
...resentment. It is thus that Homer paints Jupiter shaking Olympus by the motion of his hair and liis eyebrows. Deiphohc. It is suid, that Apollo became enamoured of In r. anil that to make her sensibl Jupiter is not always rxhibitcd in this tranquil state. In a bas-relief belonging to the marquis Kondini...
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