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... steeds ? Eumeleus ' mares were foremoft in the chace , As eagles fleet , and of Pheretian race : Bred where Pieria's fruitful fountains flow , And train'd by him who bears the filver bow . Fierce in their fight , their noftrils breath'd ...
... steeds ? Eumeleus ' mares were foremoft in the chace , As eagles fleet , and of Pheretian race : Bred where Pieria's fruitful fountains flow , And train'd by him who bears the filver bow . Fierce in their fight , their noftrils breath'd ...
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... steeds , for beauty more . He faid . The challenge Hector heard with joy , Then with his fpear reftrain'd the youth of Troy , Held by the midit , athwart ; and near the foe Advanc'd with steps majestically flow : While round his ...
... steeds , for beauty more . He faid . The challenge Hector heard with joy , Then with his fpear reftrain'd the youth of Troy , Held by the midit , athwart ; and near the foe Advanc'd with steps majestically flow : While round his ...
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... steeds through Scæa's gates they guide : Next from the car defcending on the plain , Amid the Grecian hoft and Trojan train Slow they proceed : the fage Ulyffes then Arofe , and with him rofe the king of men . On either fide a facred ...
... steeds through Scæa's gates they guide : Next from the car defcending on the plain , Amid the Grecian hoft and Trojan train Slow they proceed : the fage Ulyffes then Arofe , and with him rofe the king of men . On either fide a facred ...
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... steeds , Tydides on the plain . Fierce for renown the brother chiefs draw near , And first bold Phegus caft his founding fpear , Which o'er the warrior's fhoulder took its courfe , And spent in empty air its erring force . Not fo ...
... steeds , Tydides on the plain . Fierce for renown the brother chiefs draw near , And first bold Phegus caft his founding fpear , Which o'er the warrior's fhoulder took its courfe , And spent in empty air its erring force . Not fo ...
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... steeds ! Le by our hand the bravest Grecian bleeds . Not long the dreadful dart he can fuftain ; Or Phoebus urg'd me to thefe fields in vain . So fpoke he , boastful ; but the winged dart Stopt short of life , and mock'd the shooter's ...
... steeds ! Le by our hand the bravest Grecian bleeds . Not long the dreadful dart he can fuftain ; Or Phoebus urg'd me to thefe fields in vain . So fpoke he , boastful ; but the winged dart Stopt short of life , and mock'd the shooter's ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Ajax Alcinous ANTISTROPHE arms Atrides beneath bold brave breaft caft chariot chief coaft courfers crown'd death defcends divine dreadful Euryclea Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate feaft feas fecret feems fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft fkies flain flames flies foft fome forrows foul fpear ftand ftill ftream fuch glory Goddeſs Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector hero himſelf hoft Homer honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion Jove king labours laft lefs loft Menelaus mighty muft Neftor numbers o'er obferved Pallas Patroclus Peleus Pindar plain poet praiſe prefent Priam prince queen race rage reft rife ſhade ſhall ſhore ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes vafe veffel Virgil warrior whofe woes wound youth
Pasajes populares
Página 18 - 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 pass'd away.
Página iv - Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist. In one we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty...
Página 329 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
Página 34 - Lo, seven are offer'd, and of equal charms. Then hear, Achilles ! be of better mind ; Revere thy roof, and to thy guests be kind ; And know the men, of all the Grecian host, Who honour worth, and prize thy valour most.
Página 94 - But least, the sons of Priam's hateful race. Die then, my friend! what boots it to deplore? The great, the good Patroclus is no more! He, far thy better, was foredoom'd to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality?
Página 400 - O'erleaps the fences of the nightly fold, And tears the peaceful flocks: with silent awe Trembling they lie, and pant beneath his paw. Nor with less rage Euryalus employs The wrathful sword, or fewer foes destroys; But on th' ignoble crowd his fury flew; He Fadus, Hebesus, and Rhoetus slew.
Página iv - Homer, what principally strikes us is his invention. It is that which forms the character of each part of his work; and accordingly we find it to have made his fable more...
Página iv - Italian operas, will find more sweetness, variety, and majesty of sound, than in any other language or poetry. The beauty of his numbers is allowed by the critics...
Página 102 - And his eyes stiffen'd at the hand of death; To the dark realm the spirit wings its way (The manly body left a load of clay,) And plaintive glides along the dreary coast, A naked, wandering, melancholy ghost! Achilles, musing as he roll'd his eyes O'er the dead hero, thus (unheard) replies; Die thou the first! When Jove and Heaven ordain, I follow thee...
Página 329 - His words are not only chosen, but the places in which he ranks them for the sound. He who removes them from the station wherein their master set them spoils the harmony. What he says of the Sibyl's prophecies may be as properly applied to every word of his: they must be read in order as they lie; the least breath discomposes them and somewhat of their divinity is lost.