The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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Samuel Johnson. images . On this laft confideration I cannot but attri- bute these alfo to the fruitfulness of his invention , since ( as he has managed them ) they are a fort of fuper- numerary pictures of the perfons or things to which ...
Samuel Johnson. images . On this laft confideration I cannot but attri- bute these alfo to the fruitfulness of his invention , since ( as he has managed them ) they are a fort of fuper- numerary pictures of the perfons or things to which ...
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... these he has derived that harmony , which makes us confefs he had not only the richest head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding ...
... these he has derived that harmony , which makes us confefs he had not only the richest head , but the finest ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even without understanding ...
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... these heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endlefs , than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an oppofition of particu- Jar paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of ...
... these heads , I have no way derogated from his character . Nothing is more abfurd or endlefs , than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an oppofition of particu- Jar paffages in them , and forming a judgment from thence of ...
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... these we may reckon fome of his Marvellous Fictions , upon which fo much criticifm has been spent , as furpaffing all the bounds of probability . Perhaps it may be with great and fuperior fouls , as with giganti : bodies , which ...
... these we may reckon fome of his Marvellous Fictions , upon which fo much criticifm has been spent , as furpaffing all the bounds of probability . Perhaps it may be with great and fuperior fouls , as with giganti : bodies , which ...
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... these two poets , ought to have always in his eye . Some accufe him for the fame things which they overlook or praise in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the Aneis to those of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which ...
... these two poets , ought to have always in his eye . Some accufe him for the fame things which they overlook or praise in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the Aneis to those of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which ...
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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...