The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Ajax is heavy , and felf - confiding ; of Hector , active and vigilant ; the courage of Agamemnon is infpirited by love of empire and ambition ; that of Menelaus mixed with foftnefs and tendernefs for his people : we find in Idomeneus a ...
... Ajax is heavy , and felf - confiding ; of Hector , active and vigilant ; the courage of Agamemnon is infpirited by love of empire and ambition ; that of Menelaus mixed with foftnefs and tendernefs for his people : we find in Idomeneus a ...
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... Ajax fhall his prize refign , 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 plow ...
... Ajax fhall his prize refign , 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 plow ...
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... Ajax the lefs , and Ajax Telamon ; Then wife Ulyffes in his rank was plac'd ; 475 480 And Menelaus came unbid , the last . 485 The chiefs furround the deftin'd beaft , and take The facred offering of the falted cake . When thus the king ...
... Ajax the lefs , and Ajax Telamon ; Then wife Ulyffes in his rank was plac'd ; 475 480 And Menelaus came unbid , the last . 485 The chiefs furround the deftin'd beaft , and take The facred offering of the falted cake . When thus the king ...
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... Ajax led the Locrian squadrons on , Ajax the lefs , Oïleus ' valiant fon ; Skill'd to direct the flying dart aright ; Swift in purfuit , and active in the fight . Him , as their chief , the chosen troops attend , Which Bessa , Thronus ...
... Ajax led the Locrian squadrons on , Ajax the lefs , Oïleus ' valiant fon ; Skill'd to direct the flying dart aright ; Swift in purfuit , and active in the fight . Him , as their chief , the chosen troops attend , Which Bessa , Thronus ...
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... Ajax in arms the first renown acquir'd , While ftern Achilles in his wrath retir'd 935 940 ( His was the ftrength that mortal might exceeds , And his , th ' unrival'd race of heavenly steeds ) , But Thetis ' fon now fhines in arms no ...
... Ajax in arms the first renown acquir'd , While ftern Achilles in his wrath retir'd 935 940 ( His was the ftrength that mortal might exceeds , And his , th ' unrival'd race of heavenly steeds ) , But Thetis ' fon now fhines in arms no ...
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt cauſe chariot chief counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcending Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand fteeds ftill ftrength ftrong fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian Menelaus mighty monarch moſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince Pylian race rage reft rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhare ſhips ſhore Simoïs ſkies ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood Teucer thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wound
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Страница 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...
Страница 208 - My soul impels me to the embattled plains! Let me be foremost to defend the throne, And guard my father's glories, and my own. "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.
Страница 15 - We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each: it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man...
Страница 132 - Apollo's altars in his native town. Now with full force the yielding horn he bends, Drawn to an arch, and joins the doubling ends ; (.'lose to his breast he strains the nerve below, Till the barb'd point approach the circling bow ; The impatient weapon whizzes on the wing ; Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string.
Страница 26 - far-shooting," is capable of two explications, one literal in respect of the darts and bow, the ensigns of that god, the other allegorical with regard to the rays of the sun; therefore in such places where Apollo is represented as a god in person, I would use the former interpretation, and where the effects of the sun are described, I would make choice of the latter.
Страница 14 - Nothing is more absurd or endless, than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an opposition of particular passages in them, and forming a judgment from thence of their merit upon the whole.
Страница 33 - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Страница 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Страница 5 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other epic poets have...