The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... honours which were paid them , they might have this alfo in common with the Gods , not to be mentioned without the folemnity of an epithet , and fuch C 2 : Hefiod , lib . i . ver . 155 , & c . 23 as might be acceptable to them by its ...
... honours which were paid them , they might have this alfo in common with the Gods , not to be mentioned without the folemnity of an epithet , and fuch C 2 : Hefiod , lib . i . ver . 155 , & c . 23 as might be acceptable to them by its ...
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... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of poetry itself ) remains unequalled by his followers , he still con- tinues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may com- mit fewer faults , and ...
... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of poetry itself ) remains unequalled by his followers , he still con- tinues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may com- mit fewer faults , and ...
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... honour of those who fucceeded him . What he has done admitted no increafe , it only left room for contraction or regulation . He fhewed all the ftretch of fancy at once ; and if he has failed in fome of his flights , it was but because ...
... honour of those who fucceeded him . What he has done admitted no increafe , it only left room for contraction or regulation . He fhewed all the ftretch of fancy at once ; and if he has failed in fome of his flights , it was but because ...
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... honour fo many of the Great have done me , while the first names of the age appear as my fubfcribers , and the most distin- guished patrons and ornaments of learning as my chief encouragers ? Among these it is a particular pleasure to ...
... honour fo many of the Great have done me , while the first names of the age appear as my fubfcribers , and the most distin- guished patrons and ornaments of learning as my chief encouragers ? Among these it is a particular pleasure to ...
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... honours he received after death , when I reflect on the enjoyment of fo many agreeable obliga- tions , and eafy friendships , which make the satisfaction of life . This diftinction is the more to be acknow- ledged , as it is fhewn to ...
... honours he received after death , when I reflect on the enjoyment of fo many agreeable obliga- tions , and eafy friendships , which make the satisfaction of life . This diftinction is the more to be acknow- ledged , as it is fhewn to ...
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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...