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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... force of the Poet's imagination , and turns in one place to a hearer , in another to a spectator . The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he de- fcribes , Οἱ δ ̓ ἄρ ̓ ἴσαν , ὡσεί τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιο . " They pour along ...
... force of the Poet's imagination , and turns in one place to a hearer , in another to a spectator . The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he de- fcribes , Οἱ δ ̓ ἄρ ̓ ἴσαν , ὡσεί τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιο . " They pour along ...
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... force of art : in Shakespeare , it strikes before we are aware , like an accidental fire from heaven : but in Ho- mer , and in him only , it burns every where clearly , and every where irrefiftibly . : I shall here endeavour to fhew ...
... force of art : in Shakespeare , it strikes before we are aware , like an accidental fire from heaven : but in Ho- mer , and in him only , it burns every where clearly , and every where irrefiftibly . : I shall here endeavour to fhew ...
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... forces in the fame order . If he has fu- neral games for Patroclus , Virgil has the fame for An- chifes ; and Statius ( rather than omit them ) destroys the unity of his action for thofe of Archemoras . If Ulyf- fes vifits the fhades ...
... forces in the fame order . If he has fu- neral games for Patroclus , Virgil has the fame for An- chifes ; and Statius ( rather than omit them ) destroys the unity of his action for thofe of Archemoras . If Ulyf- fes vifits the fhades ...
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... force and infpiriting vigour , that they awaken and raise us like the found of a trumpet . They roll along as a plentiful river , always in motion , and always full : while we are borne away by a tide of verfe , the most ra . pid , and ...
... force and infpiriting vigour , that they awaken and raise us like the found of a trumpet . They roll along as a plentiful river , always in motion , and always full : while we are borne away by a tide of verfe , the most ra . pid , and ...
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... force of this faculty is feen in nothing more , than in its inability to confine itself to that fingle circumftance upon which the comparison is grounded : it runs out into embellishments of additional images , which however are fo ...
... force of this faculty is feen in nothing more , than in its inability to confine itself to that fingle circumftance upon which the comparison is grounded : it runs out into embellishments of additional images , which however are fo ...
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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