The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... head , are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle , but for their judgment in having contracted it . For when the mode of learning changed in following ages , and fcience was delivered in a plainer manner ; it ...
... head , are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle , but for their judgment in having contracted it . For when the mode of learning changed in following ages , and fcience was delivered in a plainer manner ; it ...
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... head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding them ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practifed in the cafe of ...
... head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding them ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practifed in the cafe of ...
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... heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endless , than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an oppofition of particu- lar paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their ...
... heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endless , than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an oppofition of particu- lar paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their ...
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... head of it . That which in my opinion ought to be the endeavour of any one who tranflates Homer , is above all things to keep alive that fpirit and fire which makes his chief character : in particular places , where the fenfe can bear ...
... head of it . That which in my opinion ought to be the endeavour of any one who tranflates Homer , is above all things to keep alive that fpirit and fire which makes his chief character : in particular places , where the fenfe can bear ...
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... head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd fates below , On mules and dogs th ' infection first began ; And last , the vengeful arrows fix'd in man . For nine long nights through all the dusky ...
... head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd fates below , On mules and dogs th ' infection first began ; And last , the vengeful arrows fix'd in man . For nine long nights through all the dusky ...
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...