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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... mighty tree which rifes from the most vigorous feed , is impro- ved with industry , flourishes , and produces the finest fruit ; Nature and Art conspire to raise it ; pleasure and profit join to make it valuable : and they who find the ...
... mighty tree which rifes from the most vigorous feed , is impro- ved with industry , flourishes , and produces the finest fruit ; Nature and Art conspire to raise it ; pleasure and profit join to make it valuable : and they who find the ...
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... mighty Chiefs untimely flain ; Whofe limbs unbury'd on the naked fhore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove , Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the will of Jove ! Declare , O Mufe ! in ...
... mighty Chiefs untimely flain ; Whofe limbs unbury'd on the naked fhore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove , Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the will of Jove ! Declare , O Mufe ! in ...
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... Mighty will revenge at last . To whom Pelides : From thy inmost foul Speak what thou know'st , and speak without control . Ev'n by that God I fwear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , 110 And And whose ...
... Mighty will revenge at last . To whom Pelides : From thy inmost foul Speak what thou know'st , and speak without control . Ev'n by that God I fwear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , 110 And And whose ...
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... mighty Ajax fhall his prize refign , Ulyffes ' spoils , or ev'n thy own be mine . The man who suffers , loudly may complain ; And rage he may , but he shall rage in vain . But this when time requires - It now remains We launch a bark to ...
... mighty Ajax fhall his prize refign , Ulyffes ' spoils , or ev'n thy own be mine . The man who suffers , loudly may complain ; And rage he may , but he shall rage in vain . But this when time requires - It now remains We launch a bark to ...
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... mighty warrior ! fly , Thy aid we need not , and thy threats defy . There want not chiefs in fuch a cause to fight , And Jove himself shall guard a monarch's right . Of all the kings ( the God's diftinguish'd care ) To power fuperior ...
... mighty warrior ! fly , Thy aid we need not , and thy threats defy . There want not chiefs in fuch a cause to fight , And Jove himself shall guard a monarch's right . Of all the kings ( the God's diftinguish'd care ) To power fuperior ...
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
Pasajes populares
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?