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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... Poem . One may very well apply to Homer himself , what he fays of his Heroes at the end of the fourth book , that whofoever fhould be guided thro ' his battels by Minerva , and pointed to every fcene of them , would fee nothing thro ...
... Poem . One may very well apply to Homer himself , what he fays of his Heroes at the end of the fourth book , that whofoever fhould be guided thro ' his battels by Minerva , and pointed to every fcene of them , would fee nothing thro ...
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... poems . As the whole human body is the fubject of these , so no- thing is more neceffary to him who would defcribe ... Poets with all their manners of phrafing it . Indeed he repeats the fame verfe on that occafion more often than they ...
... poems . As the whole human body is the fubject of these , so no- thing is more neceffary to him who would defcribe ... Poets with all their manners of phrafing it . Indeed he repeats the fame verfe on that occafion more often than they ...
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... Poem But may not one fay Homer is in this like a fkilful impro ver , who places , a beautiful ftatue in a well - difpofed gar- den fo as to anfwer feveral viftas , and by that artifice one fingle figure feems multiplied into as many ...
... Poem But may not one fay Homer is in this like a fkilful impro ver , who places , a beautiful ftatue in a well - difpofed gar- den fo as to anfwer feveral viftas , and by that artifice one fingle figure feems multiplied into as many ...
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... Poem the most Dramatick of any Epick whatfoever . It must alfo be obferved , that the constant machines of the Gods conduce very greatly to vary these long battels , by a continual change of the fcene from earth to heaven . Homer ...
... Poem the most Dramatick of any Epick whatfoever . It must alfo be obferved , that the constant machines of the Gods conduce very greatly to vary these long battels , by a continual change of the fcene from earth to heaven . Homer ...
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... Poem . If Diomed has performed all these wonders in the first com- bates , it is but to raise Hector , at whofe appearance he begins to fear . If in the next battels Hector triumphs not only over Diomed , but over Ajax and Patroclus ...
... Poem . If Diomed has performed all these wonders in the first com- bates , it is but to raise Hector , at whofe appearance he begins to fear . If in the next battels Hector triumphs not only over Diomed , but over Ajax and Patroclus ...
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...