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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... glory , Achilles appears , Hector flies , and is flain . The manner in which his Gods are made to act , no less advances the gradation we are fpeaking of . In the first battels they are feen only in fhort and fe- parate excurfions ...
... glory , Achilles appears , Hector flies , and is flain . The manner in which his Gods are made to act , no less advances the gradation we are fpeaking of . In the first battels they are feen only in fhort and fe- parate excurfions ...
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... glory . Among the reft , Plutarch , in the life of Alexander , defcribes his helmet much in this manner . This is enough to warrant the fiction , and were there no fuch example , the fame author fays very well , that the imagination of ...
... glory . Among the reft , Plutarch , in the life of Alexander , defcribes his helmet much in this manner . This is enough to warrant the fiction , and were there no fuch example , the fame author fays very well , that the imagination of ...
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... glory of the Lycian name ? Oh pierce that mortal ! if we mortal - call That wondrous force by which whole armies fall ; Or God incens'd , who quits the diftant fkies 225 To punish Troy for flighted facrifice ; ( Which oh avert from our ...
... glory of the Lycian name ? Oh pierce that mortal ! if we mortal - call That wondrous force by which whole armies fall ; Or God incens'd , who quits the diftant fkies 225 To punish Troy for flighted facrifice ; ( Which oh avert from our ...
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... glory known . .327 . The courfers of athereal breed ] We have already ob- ferved the great delight Homer takes in horfes , as well as he- goes , of celeftial race : And if he has been thought too fond of the genealogies of some of his ...
... glory known . .327 . The courfers of athereal breed ] We have already ob- ferved the great delight Homer takes in horfes , as well as he- goes , of celeftial race : And if he has been thought too fond of the genealogies of some of his ...
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... glory ends ; From fields of death when late he fhall retire ,. No infant on his knees shall call him Sire . Strong as thou art , fome God may yet be found , 500 To ftretch thee pale and gasping on the ground ; * .498 . No infant on his ...
... glory ends ; From fields of death when late he fhall retire ,. No infant on his knees shall call him Sire . Strong as thou art , fome God may yet be found , 500 To ftretch thee pale and gasping on the ground ; * .498 . No infant on his ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid affiftance againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Apollo arms army battel becauſe Bellerophon BERNARD LINTOT brave breaſt caft caufe chariot chief circumftance combate courfers Dacier dart defcend defcribed Diomed dreadful Euftathius ev'ry facred faid fame fate fays fecond feems fhade fhall fhews fhould fide field fierce fight firft fix'd flain fome foul fpeaks fpear fpeech ftand fteeds ftrength fuch fuperior fury gates gen'rous Glaucus glory Gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand heav'n Hector Helenus heroes himſelf hoft Homer horfes Iliad inftances Jove juft Juno Jupiter laft lefs Lycian Mars Menelaus mighty Minerva moft mortal 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 ſhall ſkies Sthenelus Teucer thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflated trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides uſe Venus Virgil warrior whofe wound
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Página 131 - And Troy's proud dames, whose garments sweep the ground, Attaint the lustre of my former name, Should Hector basely quit the field of fame ? My early youth was bred to martial pains, My soul impels me to th...
Página 183 - Hew'd the green forests, and the bodies bore. And now from forth the chambers of the main, To shed his sacred light on earth again, Arose the golden chariot of the day, 500 And tipp'd the mountains with a purple ray.
Página 133 - ... the whole in the utmost liveliness to his imagination. This alone might be a confutation of that false criticism some have fallen into, who affirm that a poet ought only to collect the great and noble particulars in his paintings. But it is in the images of things as in the characters of persons; where a small action or even a small circumstance of an action lets us more into the knowledge and comprehension of them than the material and principal parts themselves.
Página 102 - Sustain thy life, and human be thy birth, Bold as thou art, too prodigal of breath, Approach, and enter the dark gates of death." " What, or from whence I am, or who my sire, (Replied the chief,) can Tydeus...
Página 125 - Ilion's towery height, Beheld the war, and sicken'd at the sight; There her sad eyes in vain her lord explore, Or weep the wounds her bleeding country bore. But he who found not whom his soul...
Página 193 - 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...
Página 155 - Achaian name, Though bold, and burning with desire of fame, Content the doubtful honour might forego, So great the danger, and so brave the foe.
Página 101 - Yet far before the troops thou dar'st appear, And meet a lance the fiercest heroes fear. Unhappy they, and born of luckless sires, Who tempt our fury when Minerva fires! But if from heaven, celestial, thou descend, Know with immortals we no more contend. Not long Lycurgus view'd the golden light, That daring man who mix'd with gods in fight. Bacchus, and Bacchus...
Página 171 - Idasus' awful voice was heard. ' Forbear, my sons ! your further force to prove, Both dear to men, and both beloved of Jove. To either host your matchless worth is known, Each sounds your praise, and war is all your own. But now the night extends her awful shade; The goddess parts you : be the night obey'd.
Página 122 - Bore all, and Paris of those ills the worst. Helen at least a braver spouse might claim, Warm'd with some virtue, some regard of fame!