The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... the chiefs , and fuch the Grecian train . Say next , O Mufe ! of all Achaia breeds , Who bravest fought , or rein'd the noblest steeds ? 925 VOL . I. H Eumelus Eumelus ' mares were foremost in the chace , As ILIAD , 97 BOOK II .
... the chiefs , and fuch the Grecian train . Say next , O Mufe ! of all Achaia breeds , Who bravest fought , or rein'd the noblest steeds ? 925 VOL . I. H Eumelus Eumelus ' mares were foremost in the chace , As ILIAD , 97 BOOK II .
Página 98
... steeds ) . But Thetis fon now fhines in arms no more ; His troops , neglected on the sandy shore , In empty air their sportive javelins throw , Or whirl the disk , or bend an idle bow : Unftain'd with blood his cover'd chariots ftand ...
... steeds ) . But Thetis fon now fhines in arms no more ; His troops , neglected on the sandy shore , In empty air their sportive javelins throw , Or whirl the disk , or bend an idle bow : Unftain'd with blood his cover'd chariots ftand ...
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... steeds around , And from their chariots iffued on the ground : Next all , unbuckling the rich mail they wore , Lay'd their bright arms along the fable fhore . On either fide the meeting hosts are seen With lances fix'd , and close the ...
... steeds around , And from their chariots iffued on the ground : Next all , unbuckling the rich mail they wore , Lay'd their bright arms along the fable fhore . On either fide the meeting hosts are seen With lances fix'd , and close the ...
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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 rose 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 rose the king of men . On either fide a facred ...
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... steeds to guide , And drove to Troy , Antenor at his fide . Bold Hector and Ulyffes now difpofe The lifts of combat ; and the ground inclose : Next to decide by facred lots prepare , 399 Who first shall launch his pointed spear in air ...
... steeds to guide , And drove to Troy , Antenor at his fide . Bold Hector and Ulyffes now difpofe The lifts of combat ; and the ground inclose : Next to decide by facred lots prepare , 399 Who first shall launch his pointed spear in air ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcends Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhades fhall fhining fhips fhore fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft hoftile Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhield ſhining ſhips ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoil ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood ſtrong thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wound
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Página 6 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
Página 10 - ... together by the extent and fecundity of his imagination ; to which all things, in their various views, presented themselves in an instant, and had their impressions taken off to perfection at a heat...
Página 13 - Thus his measures, instead of being fetters to his sense, were always in readiness to run along with the warmth of his rapture, and even to give a farther representation of his notions, in the correspondence of their sounds to what they signified.
Página 29 - I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned.
Página 268 - But thou, O king, to council call the old; Great is thy sway, and weighty are thy cares; Thy high commands must spirit all our wars. With Thracian wines recruit thy honour'd guests, For happy counsels flow from sober feasts.
Página 1 - Nature to more regularity, and such a figure, which the common eye may better take in, and is therefore more entertained with. And perhaps the reason why common...
Página 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Página 2 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Página 30 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
Página 239 - Olympus' cloudy tops arise. The sire of gods his awful silence broke, The heavens, attentive, trembled as he spoke : "Celestial states, immortal gods, give ear! Hear our decree, and reverence what ye hear ! The fix'd decree, which not all heaven can move ; Thou, Fate ! fulfil it ; and, ye powers, approve...