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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... whofe opinions I am prepared to learn ; though I fear no judges fo little as our best poets , who are most fenfible of the weight of this task . As for the worst , whatever they shall please to say , they may give me fome concern as ...
... whofe opinions I am prepared to learn ; though I fear no judges fo little as our best poets , who are most fenfible of the weight of this task . As for the worst , whatever they shall please to say , they may give me fome concern as ...
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... whofe advice determined me to undertake this task , who was pleased to write to me upon that occafion in fuch terms as I cannot repeat without vanity . I was obliged to Sir Richard Steele for a very early recommendation of my ...
... whofe advice determined me to undertake this task , who was pleased to write to me upon that occafion in fuch terms as I cannot repeat without vanity . I was obliged to Sir Richard Steele for a very early recommendation of my ...
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... for Ju- piter's ftay with the Ethiopians , at whofe return Thetis prefers her petition . The scene lies in the Grecian camp , then changes to Chryfa , and laftly to Olympus . THE ILI A D. A BOOK I. CHILLES ' wrath ARGUMEN T.
... for Ju- piter's ftay with the Ethiopians , at whofe return Thetis prefers her petition . The scene lies in the Grecian camp , then changes to Chryfa , and laftly to Olympus . THE ILI A D. A BOOK I. CHILLES ' wrath ARGUMEN T.
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... Whofe limbs unbury'd on the naked fhore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove , Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the will of Jove ! Declare , O Mufe ! in what ill - fated hour Sprung ...
... Whofe limbs unbury'd on the naked fhore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove , Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the will of Jove ! Declare , O Mufe ! in what ill - fated hour Sprung ...
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... whofe bright prefence gilds thy Chryfa's fhore : If e'er with wreaths I hung thy facred fane , Or fed the flames with fat of oxen flain ; God of the filver bow ! thy fhafts employ , Avenge thy fervant , and the Greeks destroy . 55 60 ...
... whofe bright prefence gilds thy Chryfa's fhore : If e'er with wreaths I hung thy facred fane , Or fed the flames with fat of oxen flain ; God of the filver bow ! thy fhafts employ , Avenge thy fervant , and the Greeks destroy . 55 60 ...
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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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