The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... to be de- terred from imitating him by the fear of incurring the cenfure of a mere English critick . Nothing that belongs to Homer feems to have been more commonly mistaken than C 4 than the just pitch of his style ; fome of PREFAC E. 23.
... to be de- terred from imitating him by the fear of incurring the cenfure of a mere English critick . Nothing that belongs to Homer feems to have been more commonly mistaken than C 4 than the just pitch of his style ; fome of PREFAC E. 23.
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... fear no judges fo little as our beft poets , who are most fenfible of the weight of this task . As for the worst , whatever they fhall pleafe to fay , they may give me fome concern as they are unhappy men , but none as they are ...
... fear no judges fo little as our beft poets , who are most fenfible of the weight of this task . As for the worst , whatever they fhall pleafe to fay , they may give me fome concern as they are unhappy men , but none as they are ...
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... fears of age . Belov'd of Jove , Achilles ! would'st thou know Why angry Phoebus bends his fatal bow ? First give thy faith , and plight a prince's word Of fure protection , by thy power and fword . For I muft fpeak what wisdom would ...
... fears of age . Belov'd of Jove , Achilles ! would'st thou know Why angry Phoebus bends his fatal bow ? First give thy faith , and plight a prince's word Of fure protection , by thy power and fword . For I muft fpeak what wisdom would ...
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... fear . Know , if the God the beauteous dame demand , My bark fhall waft her to her native land ; But then prepare , imperious prince ! prepare , Fierce as thou art , to yield thy captive fair : Ev'n in thy tent I'll feize the blooming ...
... fear . Know , if the God the beauteous dame demand , My bark fhall waft her to her native land ; But then prepare , imperious prince ! prepare , Fierce as thou art , to yield thy captive fair : Ev'n in thy tent I'll feize the blooming ...
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... fear , Thou dog in forehead , but in heart a deer ! 295 When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? འབ ' Tis ours , the chance of fighting fields to try , Thine to look on , and bid the ...
... fear , Thou dog in forehead , but in heart a deer ! 295 When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? འབ ' Tis ours , the chance of fighting fields to try , Thine to look on , and bid the ...
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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 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.
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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...