Extracts from mr. Pope's translation corresponding with The beauties of Homer selected from the Iliad, by W. HolwellJ. and J. Fletcher : sold, 1776 - 319 páginas |
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... still , Prophet of plagues , for ever boding ill ! Still muft that tongue fome wounding meffage bring , And still thy priestly pride provoke thy king ? For this are Phoebus ' oracles explor'd , To teach the Greeks to murmur at their ...
... still , Prophet of plagues , for ever boding ill ! Still muft that tongue fome wounding meffage bring , And still thy priestly pride provoke thy king ? For this are Phoebus ' oracles explor'd , To teach the Greeks to murmur at their ...
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... still to serve in vain ; Should I fubmit to each unjuft decree : Command thy vaffals , but command not med Seize on Brifeïs , whom the Grecians doom'd My prize of war , yet tamely fee resum'd ; And seize fecure ; no more Achilles draws ...
... still to serve in vain ; Should I fubmit to each unjuft decree : Command thy vaffals , but command not med Seize on Brifeïs , whom the Grecians doom'd My prize of war , yet tamely fee resum'd ; And seize fecure ; no more Achilles draws ...
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... still they heard him speak . Sharp was his voice ; which in the fhrilleft tone , Thus with injurious taunts attack'd the throne . Amidft the glories of fo bright a reign , What moves the great Atrides to complain ? ' Tis thine whate'er ...
... still they heard him speak . Sharp was his voice ; which in the fhrilleft tone , Thus with injurious taunts attack'd the throne . Amidft the glories of fo bright a reign , What moves the great Atrides to complain ? ' Tis thine whate'er ...
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... the thunder throws , And fires Typhæus with redoubled blows , Where Typhon , preft beneath the burning load , Still feels the fury of th ' avenging god . The Argument . The Armies being ready to engage , 32 OF BEAUTIES.
... the thunder throws , And fires Typhæus with redoubled blows , Where Typhon , preft beneath the burning load , Still feels the fury of th ' avenging god . The Argument . The Armies being ready to engage , 32 OF BEAUTIES.
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... Still edg'd to wound , and still untir'd with blows , Like fteel , uplifted by fome ftrenuous fwain , With falling woods to ftrow the wafted plain , Thy gifts I praife ; nor thou defpife the charms With which a lover golden Venus arms ...
... Still edg'd to wound , and still untir'd with blows , Like fteel , uplifted by fome ftrenuous fwain , With falling woods to ftrow the wafted plain , Thy gifts I praife ; nor thou defpife the charms With which a lover golden Venus arms ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Antilochus arms Atrides blood brave breaſt caft chariot chief cloſe clouds courfers dart death defcends Diomed divine dreadful duft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fall fame fate fends fhade fhall fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft firſt fkies flain flames flies fome forrows foul fpear ftands ftern ftill ftrength fuch fury fword gen'rous glory goddeſs gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand heart heav'n heav'nly Hector hero himſelf hoft Idomeneus Iliad Ilion jav'lin Jove Jupiter king laft lance Menelaus muft muſt Neftor numbers o'er Patroclus Peleus plain pow'r Priam rage raiſe refound reft rife round Sarpedon Scamander ſcene ſhakes ſhall ſhining ſhore ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds tears terrours Teucer thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro tow'rs tranflation trembling Trojan troops Troy Ulyffes walls warriours whofe Whoſe wound
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Página 69 - 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 76 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Página 98 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, 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 every mountain's head...
Página 77 - Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame A thousand griefs shall waken at the name. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental clay! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
Página 77 - 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! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers!
Página 76 - Priam's hoary hairs defil'd with gore, Not all my brothers gasping on the shore, As thine, Andromache! Thy griefs I dread: I see thee trembling, weeping, captive led, In Argive looms our battles to design, And woes of which so large a part was thine!
Página 307 - Nineteen one mother bore — Dead, all are dead ! How oft, alas ! has wretched Priam bled ? Still one was left, their loss to recompense ; His father's hope, his country's last defence.
Página 282 - Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro, In all the raging impotence of woe. At length he roll'd in dust, and thus begun, Imploring all, and naming one by one: 'Ah!
Página 160 - As from some mountain's craggy forehead torn, A rock's round fragment flies, with fury borne, (Which from the stubborn stone a torrent rends,) Precipitate the...
Página 20 - The' assembly placed, the king of men express'd The counsels labouring in his artful breast. ' Friends and confederates! with attentive ear Receive my words, and credit what you hear.