The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... heaven : but in Ho- mer , and in him only , it burns every where clearly , and every where irresistibly . : I shall here endeavour to fhew , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all ...
... heaven : but in Ho- mer , and in him only , it burns every where clearly , and every where irresistibly . : I shall here endeavour to fhew , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all ...
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... Heaven aton'd shall dying Greece restore , And Phoebus dart his burning shafts no more . He faid , and fat : when Chalcas thus reply'd : Chalcas the wife , the Grecian priest and guide , That facred feer , whofe comprehenfive view The ...
... Heaven aton'd shall dying Greece restore , And Phoebus dart his burning shafts no more . He faid , and fat : when Chalcas thus reply'd : Chalcas the wife , the Grecian priest and guide , That facred feer , whofe comprehenfive view The ...
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... with falfehoods is my honour stain'd , Is Heaven offended , and a prieft profan'd ; Because my prize , my beauteous maid I hold , And heavenly charms prefer to proffer'd gold ? 135 140 A maid , A maid , unmatch'd in manners as in face ,
... with falfehoods is my honour stain'd , Is Heaven offended , and a prieft profan'd ; Because my prize , my beauteous maid I hold , And heavenly charms prefer to proffer'd gold ? 135 140 A maid , A maid , unmatch'd in manners as in face ,
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... Heaven that strength beftow'd , For know , vain man ! thy valour is from God . Hafte , launch thy vessels , fly with speed away , Rule thy own realms with arbitrary sway : I heed thee not , but prize at equal rate 235 Thy fhort - liv'd ...
... Heaven that strength beftow'd , For know , vain man ! thy valour is from God . Hafte , launch thy vessels , fly with speed away , Rule thy own realms with arbitrary sway : I heed thee not , but prize at equal rate 235 Thy fhort - liv'd ...
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... Heaven . The force of keen reproaches let him feel , 280 But sheath , obedient , thy revenging steel . For I pronounce ( and trust a heavenly Power ) Thy injur'd honour has its fated hour . When the proud monarch shall thy arms implore ...
... Heaven . The force of keen reproaches let him feel , 280 But sheath , obedient , thy revenging steel . For I pronounce ( and trust a heavenly Power ) Thy injur'd honour has its fated hour . When the proud monarch shall thy arms implore ...
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
Pasajes populares
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...