The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's Homer. The OdysseyH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... head , are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle , but for their judgment in having contracted it . For when the mode of learning changed in following ages , and fcience was delivered in a plainer manner ; it ...
... head , are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle , but for their judgment in having contracted it . For when the mode of learning changed in following ages , and fcience was delivered in a plainer manner ; it ...
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... head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding them ( ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practifed in the cafe of ...
... head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding them ( ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practifed in the cafe of ...
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... heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endless , than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an oppofition of particu- lar paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their ...
... heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endless , than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an oppofition of particu- lar paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of their ...
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... head of it . : That which in my opinion ought to be the endeavour of any one who tranflates Homer , is above all things to keep alive that fpirit and fire which makes his chief character : in particular places , where the sense can bear ...
... head of it . : That which in my opinion ought to be the endeavour of any one who tranflates Homer , is above all things to keep alive that fpirit and fire which makes his chief character : in particular places , where the sense can bear ...
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... head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd fates below , On mules and dogs th ' infection first began ; And last , the vengeful arrows fix'd in man . For nine long nights through all the dusky ...
... head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd fates below , On mules and dogs th ' infection first began ; And last , the vengeful arrows fix'd in man . For nine long nights through all the dusky ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcend Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent 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 maid Menelaus mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince proud Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhield ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wiſdom wound
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 197 - 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 pass'd away.
Seite 21 - Homer and that of his work ; but when they come to assign the causes of the great reputation of the Iliad, they found it upon the ignorance of his times and the prejudice of...
Seite 262 - 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 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 224 - This from the right to left the herald bears, Held out in order to the Grecian peers ; Each to his rival yields the mark unknown, Till godlike Ajax finds the lot his own ; Surveys th...
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 33 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Seite 239 - 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!
Seite 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
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?