The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... mighty tree which rifes from the moft vigorous feed , is impro- ved with industry , flourishes , and produces the finest fruit ; Nature and Art confpire to raise it ; pleasure and profit join to make it valuable : and they who find the ...
... mighty tree which rifes from the moft vigorous feed , is impro- ved with industry , flourishes , and produces the finest fruit ; Nature and Art confpire to raise it ; pleasure and profit join to make it valuable : and they who find the ...
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... mighty 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 will of Jove ! Declare , O Mufe ...
... mighty 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 will of Jove ! Declare , O Mufe ...
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... Mighty will revenge at last . To whom Pelides : From thy inmost soul Speak what thou know'st , and speak without control . Ev'n by that God I swear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , 110 And ILIAD ,秘 ...
... Mighty will revenge at last . To whom Pelides : From thy inmost soul Speak what thou know'st , and speak without control . Ev'n by that God I swear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , 110 And ILIAD ,秘 ...
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... mighty Ajax shall his prize resign , Ulyffes ' spoils , or ev'n thy own be mine . The man who fuffers , loudly may complain ; And rage he may , but he shall rage in vain . But this when time requires - It now remains We launch a bark to ...
... mighty Ajax shall his prize resign , Ulyffes ' spoils , or ev'n thy own be mine . The man who fuffers , loudly may complain ; And rage he may , but he shall rage in vain . But this when time requires - It now remains We launch a bark to ...
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... mighty warrior ! fly , Thy aid we need not , and thy threats defy . There want not chiefs in such a cause to fight , And Jove himself shall guard a monarch's right . Of all the kings ( the God's diftinguish'd care ) To power fuperior ...
... mighty warrior ! fly , Thy aid we need not , and thy threats defy . There want not chiefs in such a cause to fight , And Jove himself shall guard a monarch's right . Of all the kings ( the God's diftinguish'd care ) To power fuperior ...
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...