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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... those of a stronger nature . It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture , which is fo forcible in Homer , that no man of a true poetical fpirit is master of himself while he ...
... those of a stronger nature . It is to the strength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequalled fire and rapture , which is fo forcible in Homer , that no man of a true poetical fpirit is master of himself while he ...
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... to be found even in those poems whose fchemes are of the utmost latitude and irregularity . The action is hurried on with the most vehement spirit , and its whole duration employs not fo much as fifty days its 4 PREFACE .
... to be found even in those poems whose fchemes are of the utmost latitude and irregularity . The action is hurried on with the most vehement spirit , and its whole duration employs not fo much as fifty days its 4 PREFACE .
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... those innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and physical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his Allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this confi- deration afford us ! how ...
... those innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and physical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally supposed to have wrapped up in his Allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this confi- deration afford us ! how ...
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... those who utter them . As there is more variety of characters in the Iliad , fo there is of speeches , than in any other poem , Every thing in it has manners ( as Aristotle expresses it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is ...
... those who utter them . As there is more variety of characters in the Iliad , fo there is of speeches , than in any other poem , Every thing in it has manners ( as Aristotle expresses it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is ...
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... those seeming defects will be found upon exami- nation to proceed wholly from the nature of the times he lived in . Such are his groffer reprefentations of the Gods , and the vicious and imperfect manners of his He- roes ; but I must ...
... those seeming defects will be found upon exami- nation to proceed wholly from the nature of the times he lived in . Such are his groffer reprefentations of the Gods , and the vicious and imperfect manners of his He- roes ; but I must ...
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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.
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?