The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's Homer. The OdysseyH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... shall here endeavour to fhew , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner superior to that of any poet , through all the main constituent parts of his work , as it is the great and peculiar characteristic which dif- tinguishes ...
... shall here endeavour to fhew , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner superior to that of any poet , through all the main constituent parts of his work , as it is the great and peculiar characteristic which dif- tinguishes ...
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... shall find no author has ever drawn fo many , with so visible and furprizing a variety , or given us fuch lively and affecting impreffions of them . Every one has fomething fo fingularly his own , that no pain- ter could have ...
... shall find no author has ever drawn fo many , with so visible and furprizing a variety , or given us fuch lively and affecting impreffions of them . Every one has fomething fo fingularly his own , that no pain- ter could have ...
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... shall find the invention ftill predominant . To what else can we afcribe that vaft comprehenfion of images of every fort , where we fee each circumstance of art , and individual of nature summoned together , by the extent and fecundity ...
... shall find the invention ftill predominant . To what else can we afcribe that vaft comprehenfion of images of every fort , where we fee each circumstance of art , and individual of nature summoned together , by the extent and fecundity ...
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... shall please to say , they may give me fome concern as they are unhappy men , but none as they are malignant writers . I was guided in this tranf 1 tranflation by judgments very different from theirs , and PRÉF A CE . 31.
... shall please to say , they may give me fome concern as they are unhappy men , but none as they are malignant writers . I was guided in this tranf 1 tranflation by judgments very different from theirs , and PRÉF A CE . 31.
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... shall never repent of an undertaking in which I have ex- perienced the candour and friendship of fo many perfons of merit ; and in which I hope to pass some of those years of youth that are generally loft in a circle of fol- lies ...
... shall never repent of an undertaking in which I have ex- perienced the candour and friendship of fo many perfons of merit ; and in which I hope to pass some of those years of youth that are generally loft in a circle of fol- lies ...
Често срещани думи и фрази
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcend Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhips fhore fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft hoftile Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian maid Menelaus mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince proud Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhield ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wiſdom 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...
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Страница 10 - ... together by the extent and fecundity of his imagination ; to which all things, in their various views, presented themselves in an instant, and had their impressions taken off to perfection at a heat...
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Страница 29 - I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned.
Страница 33 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Страница 239 - The heavens attentive trembled as he spoke: "Celestial states! immortal gods! give ear, Hear our decree, and reverence what ye hear; The fix'd decree which not all heaven can move; Thou, fate! fulfil it! and, ye powers, approve!
Страница 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Страница 6 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?