The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1756 |
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... fame , the actions are always different ; that we have now distinct combats , now promifcuous fights , now fingle duels , now general engagements ; or that the scenes are perpetually vary'd ; we are now in the fields , now at the ...
... fame , the actions are always different ; that we have now distinct combats , now promifcuous fights , now fingle duels , now general engagements ; or that the scenes are perpetually vary'd ; we are now in the fields , now at the ...
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... fame obvious places : The heart and head ferve for all thofe in general who under- ftand no anatomy , and fometimes for variety they kill men by wounds that are no where mortal but in their poems . As the whole human body is the fubject ...
... fame obvious places : The heart and head ferve for all thofe in general who under- ftand no anatomy , and fometimes for variety they kill men by wounds that are no where mortal but in their poems . As the whole human body is the fubject ...
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... fame animal . But is it not more reasonable ( according to their own notion ) to compare the fame man always to the fame animal , than to fee him fometimes a fun , fometimes a tree , and fometimes a river ? Tho ' Homer fpeaks of the ...
... fame animal . But is it not more reasonable ( according to their own notion ) to compare the fame man always to the fame animal , than to fee him fometimes a fun , fometimes a tree , and fometimes a river ? Tho ' Homer fpeaks of the ...
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Homerus. What may feem more exceptionable , is his inferting the fame comparisons in the fame words at length upon differ rent occafions , by which management he makes one fingle image afford many ornaments to feveral parts of the Poem ...
Homerus. What may feem more exceptionable , is his inferting the fame comparisons in the fame words at length upon differ rent occafions , by which management he makes one fingle image afford many ornaments to feveral parts of the Poem ...
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... Jupiter himself in the midst of his thunders . The fame conduct is ob- fervable more or less in regard to every perfonage of his work . This This fubordination of the Heroes is one of the caufes 8 . An ESSAY on HOMER'S Battels . -
... Jupiter himself in the midst of his thunders . The fame conduct is ob- fervable more or less in regard to every perfonage of his work . This This fubordination of the Heroes is one of the caufes 8 . An ESSAY on HOMER'S Battels . -
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Achilles Æneas Æneid affiftance againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Apollo arms army battel becauſe brave breaſt caufe chariot chief circumftance combate compariſon courfers Dacier dart defcend defcribed defign Diomed dreadful Euftathius ev'ry facred faid fame fate fays feems fhall fhews fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt flain fome fpear fpeech ftand ftrength fuch fuperior fury gates gen'rous Glaucus glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Helenus heroes himſelf Homer horfes Iliad immortal inftances Jove juft Juno Jupiter laft Lycian Mars Menelaus mighty Minerva mortal moſt muſt Neftor o'er obferve occafion paffage paffion Pallas Pandarus Paris perfons Phereclus plain Poet pow'r prefent Priam rage raiſe reafon reprefents rifing Sarpedon Scamander ſhake ſhall ſkies ſpear Spondanus ſteeds Sthenelus Teucer thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tlepolemus tranflated trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes uſe Venus Virgil warrior whofe whoſe wound
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 237 - 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...
Seite 113 - 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 past away.
Seite 196 - Thunderer down to earth. Ye strive in vain! If I but stretch this hand, I heave the gods, the ocean, and the land; I fix the chain to great Olympus
Seite 141 - And placed the beaming helmet on the ground; Then kiss'd the child, and, lifting high in air, Thus to the gods preferr'da father's prayer: "O thou!
Seite 122 - And draw new spirits from the generous bowl; Spent as thou art with long laborious fight, The brave defender of thy country's right." "Far hence be Bacchus' gifts; (the chief rejoin'd;) Inflaming wine, pernicious to mankind, Unnerves the limbs, and dulls the noble mind.
Seite 210 - All famed in war, and dreadful hand to hand. Be mindful of the wreaths your arms have won, Your great forefathers' glories, and your own. Heard ye the voice of Jove ? Success and fame Await on Troy, on Greece eternal shame.
Seite 143 - No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb. Fix'd is the term to all the race of earth, And such the hard condition of our birth : No force can then resist, no flight can save ; All sink alike, the fearful and the brave.
Seite 237 - Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimm'ring Xanthus with their rays : The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires.
Seite 124 - The recreant warrior hear the voice of Fame. Oh would kind earth the hateful wretch embrace, That pest of Troy, that ruin of our race ! Deep to the dark abyss might he descend, Troy yet should flourish, and my sorrows end.
Seite 195 - Join all, and try th' omnipotence of Jove : Let down our golden everlasting chain, Whose strong embrace holds heaven, and earth, and main : Strive all, of mortal and immortal birth, To drag, by this, the Thunderer down to earth : Ye strive in vain ! If I but stretch this hand, I heave...