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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... thefe kinds . The characters of Vir- gil are far from ftriking us in this open manner ; they lie in a great degree hidden and undiftinguished , and where they are marked moft evidently , affect us not in proportion to thofe of Homer ...
... thefe kinds . The characters of Vir- gil are far from ftriking us in this open manner ; they lie in a great degree hidden and undiftinguished , and where they are marked moft evidently , affect us not in proportion to thofe of Homer ...
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... thefe epithets is a fhort defcrip- tion . Laftly , if we confider his verfification , we fhall be fenfible what a fhare of praife is due to his invention in that . He was not fatis fied with his fanguage as he found it fettled in any ...
... thefe epithets is a fhort defcrip- tion . Laftly , if we confider his verfification , we fhall be fenfible what a fhare of praife is due to his invention in that . He was not fatis fied with his fanguage as he found it fettled in any ...
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... thefe 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 ...
... thefe 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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... thefe , the archbishop of Cam- bray's Telemachus may give him the trueft idea of the spirit and turn of our author , and Boffu's ad- mirable treatise of the Epic poem the jufteft notion of his design and conduct . But after all , with ...
... thefe , the archbishop of Cam- bray's Telemachus may give him the trueft idea of the spirit and turn of our author , and Boffu's ad- mirable treatise of the Epic poem the jufteft notion of his design and conduct . But after all , with ...
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... thefe aged eyes shall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? 345 $ 50 With thefe of ...
... thefe aged eyes shall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? 345 $ 50 With thefe of ...
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 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.
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