The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Beneath the deck the deftin'd victims ftow'd ; The fails they furl'd , they lash'd the mast aside , And drop'd their anchors , and the pinnace ty'd . Next on the shore their hecatomb they land , Chryfeïs laft defcending on the strand ...
... Beneath the deck the deftin'd victims ftow'd ; The fails they furl'd , they lash'd the mast aside , And drop'd their anchors , and the pinnace ty'd . Next on the shore their hecatomb they land , Chryfeïs laft defcending on the strand ...
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Samuel Johnson. Suppliant the Goddess stood : one hand fhe plac'd 650 Beneath his beard , and one his knee embrac'd : If e'er , O Father of the Gods ! she said , My words could please thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my ...
Samuel Johnson. Suppliant the Goddess stood : one hand fhe plac'd 650 Beneath his beard , and one his knee embrac'd : If e'er , O Father of the Gods ! she said , My words could please thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my ...
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... Beneath their footsteps groans the trembling ground . Fame flies before , the meffenger of Jove , And shining foars , and claps her wings above . Nine facred heralds now , proclaiming loud The monarch's will , suspend the listening ...
... Beneath their footsteps groans the trembling ground . Fame flies before , the meffenger of Jove , And shining foars , and claps her wings above . Nine facred heralds now , proclaiming loud The monarch's will , suspend the listening ...
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... Beneath four chiefs ( a numerous army ) came : The strength and glory of th ' Epean name . In feparate fquadrons these their train divide , Each leads ten vessels through the yielding tide . One was Amphimachus , and Thalphius one ...
... Beneath four chiefs ( a numerous army ) came : The strength and glory of th ' Epean name . In feparate fquadrons these their train divide , Each leads ten vessels through the yielding tide . One was Amphimachus , and Thalphius one ...
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... beneath thy care , And Merion , dreadful as the God of war . Tlepolemus , the fon of Hercules , 799 Led nine swift veffels through the foamy feas ; From Rhodes with everlasting sunshine bright , Jalyffus , Lindus , and Camirus white ...
... beneath thy care , And Merion , dreadful as the God of war . Tlepolemus , the fon of Hercules , 799 Led nine swift veffels through the foamy feas ; From Rhodes with everlasting sunshine bright , Jalyffus , Lindus , and Camirus white ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Achilles Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcends Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhades 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 mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhield ſhining ſhips ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoil ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood ſtrong thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wound
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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?
Seite 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...
Seite 13 - Thus his measures, instead of being fetters to his sense, were always in readiness to run along with the warmth of his rapture, and even to give a farther representation of his notions, in the correspondence of their sounds to what they signified.
Seite 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.
Seite 268 - But thou, O king, to council call the old; Great is thy sway, and weighty are thy cares; Thy high commands must spirit all our wars. With Thracian wines recruit thy honour'd guests, For happy counsels flow from sober feasts.
Seite 1 - Nature to more regularity, and such a figure, which the common eye may better take in, and is therefore more entertained with. And perhaps the reason why common...
Seite 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Seite 2 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Seite 30 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
Seite 239 - Olympus' cloudy tops arise. The sire of gods his awful silence broke, 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...