The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's Homer. The OdysseyH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... still con- tinues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may com- mit fewer faults , and be more approved in the eyes of one fort of criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most universal applauses , which holds the ...
... still con- tinues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may com- mit fewer faults , and be more approved in the eyes of one fort of criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most universal applauses , which holds the ...
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... still , Prophet of plagues , for ever boding ill ! 115 120 125 130 Still muft that tongue fome wounding meffage bring , And ftill thy prieftly pride provoke thy king ? For this are Phoebus ' oracles explor'd , To teach the Greeks to ...
... still , Prophet of plagues , for ever boding ill ! 115 120 125 130 Still muft that tongue fome wounding meffage bring , And ftill thy prieftly pride provoke thy king ? For this are Phoebus ' oracles explor'd , To teach the Greeks to ...
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... still to ferve in vain ; Should I fubmit to each unjust decree : Command thy vassals , but command not me . Seize on Brifeïs , whom the Grecians doom'd My prize of war , yet tamely fee refum'd ; And feize fecure ; no more Achilles draws ...
... still to ferve in vain ; Should I fubmit to each unjust decree : Command thy vassals , but command not me . Seize on Brifeïs , whom the Grecians doom'd My prize of war , yet tamely fee refum'd ; And feize fecure ; no more Achilles draws ...
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... Still grafp'd his knees , and urg'd the dear request : 665 . O fire of gods and men ! thy fuppliant hear ; Refuse , or grant ; for what has Jove to fear ? Or , oh ! declare , of all the powers above , Is wretched Thetis leaft the care ...
... Still grafp'd his knees , and urg'd the dear request : 665 . O fire of gods and men ! thy fuppliant hear ; Refuse , or grant ; for what has Jove to fear ? Or , oh ! declare , of all the powers above , Is wretched Thetis leaft the care ...
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... Still unreveng'd a thousand heroes bleed ? Hafte , generous Ithacus ! prevent the shame , Recall your armies , and your chiefs reclaim . Your own refiftlefs eloquence employ , And to th ' Immortals trust the fall of Troy . The voice ...
... Still unreveng'd a thousand heroes bleed ? Hafte , generous Ithacus ! prevent the shame , Recall your armies , and your chiefs reclaim . Your own refiftlefs eloquence employ , And to th ' Immortals trust the fall of Troy . The voice ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcend Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent 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 maid Menelaus mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince proud Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhield ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wiſdom wound
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Página 197 - 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 21 - Homer and that of his work ; but when they come to assign the causes of the great reputation of the Iliad, they found it upon the ignorance of his times and the prejudice of...
Página 262 - 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...
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 224 - This from the right to left the herald bears, Held out in order to the Grecian peers ; Each to his rival yields the mark unknown, Till godlike Ajax finds the lot his own ; Surveys th...
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 33 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Página 239 - 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!
Página 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
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?