The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1756 |
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... appears from fo many paffages in Homer that he was perfectly mafter of this science , that it would be needless to cite any in particular . One may only obferve , that if we thoroughly examine all the wounds he has described , tho ' fo ...
... appears from fo many paffages in Homer that he was perfectly mafter of this science , that it would be needless to cite any in particular . One may only obferve , that if we thoroughly examine all the wounds he has described , tho ' fo ...
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... appears more diftinctly , and is contemplated more at eafe , than if we gazed directly at his beams . For it is with ... appear quite different . And to fay truth , it is not fo much the animal or the thing , as the action or posture of ...
... appears more diftinctly , and is contemplated more at eafe , than if we gazed directly at his beams . For it is with ... appear quite different . And to fay truth , it is not fo much the animal or the thing , as the action or posture of ...
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... appear from the eafe and readincfs with which they alight or mount on every occafion ; to facilitate which , the chariots were made open behind . That the wheels were but fmall , may be gueffed from a custom they had of taking them off ...
... appear from the eafe and readincfs with which they alight or mount on every occafion ; to facilitate which , the chariots were made open behind . That the wheels were but fmall , may be gueffed from a custom they had of taking them off ...
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... appears a common prac- tice in thefe battels . Thofe are in a great error , who ima- gine this to be only a fictitious embellishment of the Poet , which was one of the exercifes of war among the an- cient Greeks and Orientals . * St ...
... appears a common prac- tice in thefe battels . Thofe are in a great error , who ima- gine this to be only a fictitious embellishment of the Poet , which was one of the exercifes of war among the an- cient Greeks and Orientals . * St ...
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... appear a fufficient excufe for what in the modern conftruction might feem cowardice in Homer's heroes , when they avoid engaging with others , whose bodily ftrength exceeds their own . The maxims of valour in all times were founded upon ...
... appear a fufficient excufe for what in the modern conftruction might feem cowardice in Homer's heroes , when they avoid engaging with others , whose bodily ftrength exceeds their own . The maxims of valour in all times were founded upon ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Æneas Æneid affiftance againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Apollo arms army battel becauſe brave breaſt caufe chariot chief circumftance combate compariſon courfers Dacier dart defcend defcribed defign Diomed dreadful Euftathius ev'ry facred faid fame fate fays feems fhall fhews fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt flain fome fpear fpeech ftand ftrength fuch fuperior fury gates gen'rous Glaucus glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Helenus heroes himſelf Homer horfes Iliad immortal inftances Jove juft Juno Jupiter laft Lycian Mars Menelaus mighty Minerva mortal moſt muſt Neftor o'er obferve occafion paffage paffion Pallas Pandarus Paris perfons Phereclus plain Poet pow'r prefent Priam rage raiſe reafon reprefents rifing Sarpedon Scamander ſhake ſhall ſkies ſpear Spondanus ſteeds Sthenelus Teucer thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tlepolemus tranflated trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes uſe Venus Virgil warrior whofe whoſe wound
Pasajes populares
Página 237 - O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
Página 113 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Página 196 - Thunderer down to earth. Ye strive in vain! If I but stretch this hand, I heave the gods, the ocean, and the land; I fix the chain to great Olympus
Página 141 - And placed the beaming helmet on the ground; Then kiss'd the child, and, lifting high in air, Thus to the gods preferr'da father's prayer: "O thou!
Página 122 - And draw new spirits from the generous bowl; Spent as thou art with long laborious fight, The brave defender of thy country's right." "Far hence be Bacchus' gifts; (the chief rejoin'd;) Inflaming wine, pernicious to mankind, Unnerves the limbs, and dulls the noble mind.
Página 210 - All famed in war, and dreadful hand to hand. Be mindful of the wreaths your arms have won, Your great forefathers' glories, and your own. Heard ye the voice of Jove ? Success and fame Await on Troy, on Greece eternal shame.
Página 143 - No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb. Fix'd is the term to all the race of earth, And such the hard condition of our birth : No force can then resist, no flight can save ; All sink alike, the fearful and the brave.
Página 237 - Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimm'ring Xanthus with their rays : The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires.
Página 124 - The recreant warrior hear the voice of Fame. Oh would kind earth the hateful wretch embrace, That pest of Troy, that ruin of our race ! Deep to the dark abyss might he descend, Troy yet should flourish, and my sorrows end.
Página 195 - Join all, and try th' omnipotence of Jove : Let down our golden everlasting chain, Whose strong embrace holds heaven, and earth, and main : Strive all, of mortal and immortal birth, To drag, by this, the Thunderer down to earth : Ye strive in vain ! If I but stretch this hand, I heave...