The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1720 |
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... some brawny bull ; Struck ' twixt the horns , he fprings with many a bound , Then tumbling rolls enormous on the ground . Thus fell the youth ; the air his foul receiv'd , And the fpear trembled as his entrails heav'd . 595 Now at ...
... some brawny bull ; Struck ' twixt the horns , he fprings with many a bound , Then tumbling rolls enormous on the ground . Thus fell the youth ; the air his foul receiv'd , And the fpear trembled as his entrails heav'd . 595 Now at ...
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... Some hero too must be dispatch'd to bear The mournful meffage to Pelides ' ear ; ` For v . 721. Some hero too must be dispatch'd , & c . It seems odd that they did not fooner fend this meilage to Achilles ; but there is fomer apology ...
... Some hero too must be dispatch'd to bear The mournful meffage to Pelides ' ear ; ` For v . 721. Some hero too must be dispatch'd , & c . It seems odd that they did not fooner fend this meilage to Achilles ; but there is fomer apology ...
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... Some interpofing hill the stream divides , 845 And breaks its force , and turns the winding tides . Still close they follow , close the rear engage ; Eneas ftorms , and Hector foams with rage : While Greece a heavy , thick retreat ...
... Some interpofing hill the stream divides , 845 And breaks its force , and turns the winding tides . Still close they follow , close the rear engage ; Eneas ftorms , and Hector foams with rage : While Greece a heavy , thick retreat ...
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... Some of the ancients mention fuch a work as Hefiod's , but that amounts to no proof that this is the fame : Which indeed is not an exprefs poem upon the field of Hercules , but a fragment of the ftory of that hero . What regards the ...
... Some of the ancients mention fuch a work as Hefiod's , but that amounts to no proof that this is the fame : Which indeed is not an exprefs poem upon the field of Hercules , but a fragment of the ftory of that hero . What regards the ...
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... some moderns could unfortunately chufe the noblest part of the nobleft poet for the object of their blind cenfures . Their criti- cifms , however just enough upon other parts , yet , when employ'd on this buckler , are to the utmost ...
... some moderns could unfortunately chufe the noblest part of the nobleft poet for the object of their blind cenfures . Their criti- cifms , however just enough upon other parts , yet , when employ'd on this buckler , are to the utmost ...
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Achilles Achilles's Æneas againſt Ajax ancients anfwers Antilochus Apollo armour arms Atrides battel becauſe Befides BERNARD LINTOT brave breaft buckler caft Caucons chariot Compartiment Dacier dead death defcending defcription divine dreadful duft Eneas Euftathius Euphorbus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fays fecond feems fent fhall fhew fhort fhould fide field fight filver fince fire firft firſt flain flies flood fome forrows fpeak fpear fpeech ftands ftill ftream fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer horfes Iliad itſelf Jove juft Jupiter Laomedon Lycaon Menelaus mortal muſt Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage Pallas Patroclus Peleus perfon plain poet Polydamas pow'rs prefent Priam rage reafon reprefented rifing river round ruſhing ſaid Scamander ſcene ſhall ſhine ſhore ſpear ſpoke ſpread thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro tranflated tremble Trojans Troy Virgil Vulcan whofe Xanthus
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Page 93 - The Pleiads, Hyads, with the northern team; And great Orion's more refulgent beam; To which, around the axle of the sky, The Bear, revolving, points his golden eye, Still shines exalted on th' ethereal plain, Nor bathes his blazing forehead in the main.
Page 82 - Last o'er the dead the milk-white veil they threw; That done, their sorrows and their sighs renew. Meanwhile to Juno, in the realms above, (His wife and sister,) spoke almighty Jove. "At last thy will prevails: great Peleus' son Rises in arms: such grace thy Greeks have won.
Page 81 - The body then they bathe with pious toil, Embalm the wounds, anoint the limbs with oil, High on a bed of state extended laid, And decent cover'd with a linen shade; Last o'er the dead the milk-white veil they threw; That done, their sorrows and their sighs renew. Meanwhile to Juno, in the realms above, (His wife and sister,) spoke almighty Jove. "At last thy will prevails: great Peleus...
Page 247 - His shield (a broad circumference) he bore; Then graceful as he stood, in act to throw The lifted javelin, thus...
Page 152 - For Peleus breathes no more the vital air; Or drags a wretched life of age and care, But till the news of my sad fate invades His hastening soul, and sinks him to the shades.
Page 62 - She said, and left the caverns of the main, All bathed in tears ; the melancholy train Attend her way. Wide-opening part the tides, While the long pomp the silver wave divides. Approaching now, they touch'd the Trojan land ; Then, two by two, ascended up the strand.
Page 81 - Weep all the night, and murmur all the day Spoils of my arms, and thine ; when, wasting wide, Our swords kept time, and conquer'd side by side...
Page 37 - Hither turn, (he said,) Turn where distress demands immediate aid; The dead, encircled by his friends, forego, And save the living from a fiercer foe.
Page 171 - Th' infernal monarch rear'd his horrid head, Leap'd from his throne, lest Neptune's arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day, And pour in light on Pluto's drear abodes, Abhorr'd by men, and dreadful ev'n to gods. Such war th' immortals wage; such horrors rend The world's vast concave, when the gods contend.
Page 67 - Charg'd with refulgent arms, (a glorious load) Vulcanian arms, the labour of a God.