Extracts from mr. Pope's translation corresponding with The beauties of Homer selected from the Iliad, by W. HolwellJ. and J. Fletcher : sold, 1776 - 319 Seiten |
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... fate , That few , but thofe who cannot write , tranflate . Mr. Pope feems , in most places , to have been inspired with the fame fublime fpirit that animates his original ; as he often takes fire from a fingle hint in his author , and ...
... fate , That few , but thofe who cannot write , tranflate . Mr. Pope feems , in most places , to have been inspired with the fame fublime fpirit that animates his original ; as he often takes fire from a fingle hint in his author , and ...
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... fate of both nations by single combat , and were actually upon the point of engaging ; Ho- mer describes her as hastily throwing a veil over her face , and fying to the Scaan gate , from whence the might have a full view of the field of ...
... fate of both nations by single combat , and were actually upon the point of engaging ; Ho- mer describes her as hastily throwing a veil over her face , and fying to the Scaan gate , from whence the might have a full view of the field of ...
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... fate , and fix'd his eyes Where , black with ftorms , the curling billows rife . And as the fea wide - rolling he furvey'd With out - fretch'd arms to his fond mother pray'd . Mr. Pope has opened the thought in thefe lines with great ...
... fate , and fix'd his eyes Where , black with ftorms , the curling billows rife . And as the fea wide - rolling he furvey'd With out - fretch'd arms to his fond mother pray'd . Mr. Pope has opened the thought in thefe lines with great ...
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... Fate . He faid , And Shook the facred honors of his head . With terror trembled heav'ns fubfiding hill ; And from his fhaken curls ambrofial dews diftil . [ DRYDEN . ] I took occafion in a former letter to make some exceptions to a ...
... Fate . He faid , And Shook the facred honors of his head . With terror trembled heav'ns fubfiding hill ; And from his fhaken curls ambrofial dews diftil . [ DRYDEN . ] I took occafion in a former letter to make some exceptions to a ...
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... fate , oh ! friend , Our date to immortality extend , Or if death fought not them , who seek not death , Would I advance ? or should my vainer breath With fuch a glorious folly thee infpire ? But fince with fortune nature doth conspire ...
... fate , oh ! friend , Our date to immortality extend , Or if death fought not them , who seek not death , Would I advance ? or should my vainer breath With fuch a glorious folly thee infpire ? But fince with fortune nature doth conspire ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Antilochus arms Atrides blood brave breaſt caft chariot chief cloſe clouds courfers dart death defcends Diomed divine dreadful duft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fall fame fate fends fhade fhall fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft firſt fkies flain flames flies fome forrows foul fpear ftands ftern ftill ftrength fuch fury fword gen'rous glory goddeſs gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand heart heav'n heav'nly Hector hero himſelf hoft Idomeneus Iliad Ilion jav'lin Jove Jupiter king laft lance Menelaus muft muſt Neftor numbers o'er Patroclus Peleus plain pow'r Priam rage raiſe refound reft rife round Sarpedon Scamander ſcene ſhakes ſhall ſhining ſhore ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds tears terrours Teucer thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro tow'rs tranflation trembling Trojan troops Troy Ulyffes walls warriours whofe Whoſe wound
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 69 - 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 76 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Seite 98 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, 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 every mountain's head...
Seite 77 - Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame A thousand griefs shall waken at the name. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental clay! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
Seite 77 - 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! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers!
Seite 76 - Priam's hoary hairs defil'd with gore, Not all my brothers gasping on the shore, As thine, Andromache! Thy griefs I dread: I see thee trembling, weeping, captive led, In Argive looms our battles to design, And woes of which so large a part was thine!
Seite 307 - Nineteen one mother bore — Dead, all are dead ! How oft, alas ! has wretched Priam bled ? Still one was left, their loss to recompense ; His father's hope, his country's last defence.
Seite 282 - Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro, In all the raging impotence of woe. At length he roll'd in dust, and thus begun, Imploring all, and naming one by one: 'Ah!
Seite 160 - As from some mountain's craggy forehead torn, A rock's round fragment flies, with fury borne, (Which from the stubborn stone a torrent rends,) Precipitate the...
Seite 20 - The' assembly placed, the king of men express'd The counsels labouring in his artful breast. ' Friends and confederates! with attentive ear Receive my words, and credit what you hear.