The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... chief fupport of it . But whatever caufe there might be to blame his machines in a philofophical or re- ligious view , they are fo perfect in the poetic , that mankind have been ever fince contented to follow them : none have been able ...
... chief fupport of it . But whatever caufe there might be to blame his machines in a philofophical or re- ligious view , they are fo perfect in the poetic , that mankind have been ever fince contented to follow them : none have been able ...
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... chief characteristic . As far as that is feen in the main parts of the poem , fuch as the Fable , Manners , and Sentiments , no translator can pre- judice it but by wilful omiffions or contractions . As it alfo breaks out in every ...
... chief characteristic . As far as that is feen in the main parts of the poem , fuch as the Fable , Manners , and Sentiments , no translator can pre- judice it but by wilful omiffions or contractions . As it alfo breaks out in every ...
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... chief encouragers ? Among these it is a particular pleasure to me to find , that my highest obligations are to such who have done most honour to the name of poet : that his grace the duke of Buckingham was not displeased I his 32 ...
... chief encouragers ? Among these it is a particular pleasure to me to find , that my highest obligations are to such who have done most honour to the name of poet : that his grace the duke of Buckingham was not displeased I his 32 ...
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... Chiefs untimely flain ; Whofe limbs unbury'd on the naked shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove , S Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the ... chief implor'd for grace D 3 He [ 37 ]
... Chiefs untimely flain ; Whofe limbs unbury'd on the naked shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove , S Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the ... chief implor'd for grace D 3 He [ 37 ]
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... chief by whom our hofts are led , The king of kings , fhall touch that facred head . Encourag'd thus , the blameless man replies : Nor vows unpaid , nor flighted facrifice , But he , our chief , provok'd the raging pest , Apollo's ...
... chief by whom our hofts are led , The king of kings , fhall touch that facred head . Encourag'd thus , the blameless man replies : Nor vows unpaid , nor flighted facrifice , But he , our chief , provok'd the raging pest , Apollo's ...
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...