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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... armies humbles to the duft . What shame to Greece a fruitless war to wage , Oh lafting fhame in every future age ! Once great in arms , the common fcorn we grow , Repuls'd and baffled by a feeble foe . So small their number , that if ...
... armies humbles to the duft . What shame to Greece a fruitless war to wage , Oh lafting fhame in every future age ! Once great in arms , the common fcorn we grow , Repuls'd and baffled by a feeble foe . So small their number , that if ...
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... armies , and outfhines them all : Like fome proud bull that round the pasture leads His fubject - herds , the monarch of the meads . Great as the gods , th ' exalted chief was seen , His ftrength like Neptune , and like Mars his mien ...
... armies , and outfhines them all : Like fome proud bull that round the pasture leads His fubject - herds , the monarch of the meads . Great as the gods , th ' exalted chief was seen , His ftrength like Neptune , and like Mars his mien ...
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... armies fweep along the ground ; Swift as a flood of fire , when storms arise , Floats the wide field , and blazes to the skies . Earth groan'd beneath them ; as when angry Jove , Hurls down the forky lightning from above , On Arimè when ...
... armies fweep along the ground ; Swift as a flood of fire , when storms arise , Floats the wide field , and blazes to the skies . Earth groan'd beneath them ; as when angry Jove , Hurls down the forky lightning from above , On Arimè when ...
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Homerus, William Holwell. The Argument . The Armies being ready to engage , a single combat is agreed upon between Menelaus and Paris ( by the intervention of Hector ) for the determination of the war . Iris is fent to t call Helen to ...
Homerus, William Holwell. The Argument . The Armies being ready to engage , a single combat is agreed upon between Menelaus and Paris ( by the intervention of Hector ) for the determination of the war . Iris is fent to t call Helen to ...
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... armies ftand , Eager of fight , and only wait command ; When , to the van , before the fons of fame Whom Troy fent forth , the beauteous Paris came , In form a god ! the panther's fpeckled hide Flow'd o'er his armour with an eafy pride ...
... armies ftand , Eager of fight , and only wait command ; When , to the van , before the fons of fame Whom Troy fent forth , the beauteous Paris came , In form a god ! the panther's fpeckled hide Flow'd o'er his armour with an eafy pride ...
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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.