The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most universal applauses , which holds , the heart of a reader under the strongest enchantment . C 3- Homer Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry , but PREFACE . 21.
... criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and most universal applauses , which holds , the heart of a reader under the strongest enchantment . C 3- Homer Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry , but PREFACE . 21.
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... hearts to wound ; Fierce as he mov'd , his filver shafts refound . Breathing revenge , a fudden night he spread , And gloomy darknefs roll'd about his head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd ...
... hearts to wound ; Fierce as he mov'd , his filver shafts refound . Breathing revenge , a fudden night he spread , And gloomy darknefs roll'd about his head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd ...
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... heart fwell'd high , and labour'd in his breast . Diftracting thoughts by turns his bofom rul'd , Now fir'd by wrath , and now by reason cool'd : That prompts his hand to draw the deadly fword , 255 Force through the Greeks , and pierce ...
... heart fwell'd high , and labour'd in his breast . Diftracting thoughts by turns his bofom rul'd , Now fir'd by wrath , and now by reason cool'd : That prompts his hand to draw the deadly fword , 255 Force through the Greeks , and pierce ...
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... 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 valiant die . So much ' tis fafer through ...
... 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 valiant die . So much ' tis fafer through ...
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... heart . 415 420 425 Th ' unwilling heralds act their lord's commands ; Pensive they walk along the barren fands : Arriv'd , the Hero in his tent they find , With gloomy afpect , on his arm reclin'd . At awful diftance long they filent ...
... heart . 415 420 425 Th ' unwilling heralds act their lord's commands ; Pensive they walk along the barren fands : Arriv'd , the Hero in his tent they find , With gloomy afpect , on his arm reclin'd . At awful diftance long they filent ...
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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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