The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... fome particular plants , each according to his fancy , to culti- vate and beautify . If fome things are too luxuriant , it is owing to the richness of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity , it is only ...
... fome particular plants , each according to his fancy , to culti- vate and beautify . If fome things are too luxuriant , it is owing to the richness of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity , it is only ...
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... fome great mafters , which difcovers itself to be laid on boldly , and executed with rapidity . It is indeed the ftrongest and most glowing imaginable , and touched with the greateft fpirit . Ariftotle had reafon to fay , He was the ...
... fome great mafters , which difcovers itself to be laid on boldly , and executed with rapidity . It is indeed the ftrongest and most glowing imaginable , and touched with the greateft fpirit . Ariftotle had reafon to fay , He was the ...
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... Attic contractions , the broader Doric , and the feebler Holic , which often rejects its afpirate , or takes off its accent ; and compleated this variety by altering altering fome letters with the licence of poetry . Thus 12 PREFACE .
... Attic contractions , the broader Doric , and the feebler Holic , which often rejects its afpirate , or takes off its accent ; and compleated this variety by altering altering fome letters with the licence of poetry . Thus 12 PREFACE .
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... fome advantages both from the natural found of its words , and the turn and cadence of its verfe , which agree with the genius of no other language : Virgil was very fen- fible of this , and used the utmost diligence in working up a ...
... fome advantages both from the natural found of its words , and the turn and cadence of its verfe , which agree with the genius of no other language : Virgil was very fen- fible of this , and used the utmost diligence in working up a ...
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... fome imperfection ; and it is often hard to diftinguifh exactly where the vir- tue ends , or the fault begins . As prudence may fome- times fink to fufpicion , fo may a great judgment decline to coldness ; and as magnanimity may run up ...
... fome imperfection ; and it is often hard to diftinguifh exactly where the vir- tue ends , or the fault begins . As prudence may fome- times fink to fufpicion , fo may a great judgment decline to coldness ; and as magnanimity may run up ...
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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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