The Iliad of Homer, Volume 5Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... fall'n young the heifer moves , Fruit of her throes , and first - born of her loves ; 6 fo , if I had not tranflated this book with all poffible conciseness . I hope there is nothing material omitted , though the version confifts but of ...
... fall'n young the heifer moves , Fruit of her throes , and first - born of her loves ; 6 fo , if I had not tranflated this book with all poffible conciseness . I hope there is nothing material omitted , though the version confifts but of ...
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... fall'n young , & c . ] It feems to me remarkable , that the feveral comparisons to illuftrate the concern for Patroclus are taken from the moft tender fenti- ments of nature . Achilles , in the beginning of the fixteenth book ...
... fall'n young , & c . ] It feems to me remarkable , that the feveral comparisons to illuftrate the concern for Patroclus are taken from the moft tender fenti- ments of nature . Achilles , in the beginning of the fixteenth book ...
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... falls . On Jove the father , great Atrides calls , Nor flies the jav❜lin from his arm in vain , It pierc'd his throat ... fall of Euphorbus , in which the allufion to that circumftance of his comely hair is pecu- liarly happy . Porphyry ...
... falls . On Jove the father , great Atrides calls , Nor flies the jav❜lin from his arm in vain , It pierc'd his throat ... fall of Euphorbus , in which the allufion to that circumftance of his comely hair is pecu- liarly happy . Porphyry ...
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... falls by Ajax , he likens him to an Oak ftruck down by Jove's thun- der . Juft after this foft comparison upon the beauty of Eu- phorbus , he paffes to another full of ftrength and terrour , that Flies , as before fome mountain lion's ...
... falls by Ajax , he likens him to an Oak ftruck down by Jove's thun- der . Juft after this foft comparison upon the beauty of Eu- phorbus , he paffes to another full of ftrength and terrour , that Flies , as before fome mountain lion's ...
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... falls ? Ev'n where he dy'd for Troy , you left him there , A feast for dogs , and all the fowls of air . 170 On my command if any Lycian wait , Hence let him march , and give up Troy to fate . • Did fuch a spirit as the Gods impart ...
... falls ? Ev'n where he dy'd for Troy , you left him there , A feast for dogs , and all the fowls of air . 170 On my command if any Lycian wait , Hence let him march , and give up Troy to fate . • Did fuch a spirit as the Gods impart ...
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Achilles Achilles's Æneas againſt Ajax anſwer Antilochus Apollo armour arms Atrides battle becauſe befide brave breaſt cauſe chariot cloſe Dacier darkneſs dead death defcend defcribed deſcription dreadful Eneas Euftathius Euphorbus eyes facred faid fame fate fays feems fent fhall fhew fhould fide field fight filver fince fire firſt flain flies fome forrow fpear fpeech ftand ftill fubject fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Greece Greeks hand heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer horſes Iliad Ilion itſelf Jove Juno Jupiter Laomedon laſt Lycaon Menelaus mortal moſt muſt Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poet pow'rs prefent preferves Priam rage raiſed reafon repreſented rife round ruſhing ſaid ſay Scamander ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhining ſhore ſkies ſome ſpeak ſpear ſpread ſtand ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtream terrour thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro tremble Trojan Troy uſe Virgil Vulcan warriour whofe whoſe Xanthus
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Page 105 - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance, and hymeneal rite ; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed : The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute, and cittern's silver sound : Through the fair streets, the matrons in a row Stand in their porches, and enjoy the show.
Page 54 - be it then thy care, With Merion's aid, the weighty corse to rear ; Myself and my bold brother will sustain The shock of Hector and his charging train : Nor fear we armies, fighting side by side ; What Troy can dare, we have already tried — Have tried it, and have stood.
Page 249 - Tis not on me thy rage should heap the dead. See! my choked streams no more their course can keep, Nor roll their wonted tribute to the deep. Turn then, impetuous! from our injured flood; Content, thy slaughters could amaze a god.
Page 81 - Struck from the walls, the echoes float on high, And the round bulwarks and thick towers reply ; So high his brazen voice the hero rear'd, Hosts...
Page 227 - Shall lay this dreadful hero in the dust, Let then the furies of that arm be known, Secure no Grecian force transcends thy own.' With that, he left him wondering as he lay, Then from Achilles...
Page 173 - The first, the dearest partner of his love; That rites divine should ratify the band, And make me empress in his native land. Accept these grateful tears! for thee they flow, For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
Page 279 - His shield, a broad circumference, he bore. Then, graceful, as he stood in act to throw The lifted javelin, thus...
Page 112 - And pales of glittering tin the' enclosure grace. To this, one pathway gently winding -leads, Where march a train with baskets on their heads, ( Fair maids and blooming youths) that smiling bear The purple product of the
Page 168 - The scale of conquest ever wavering lies, Great Jove but turns it, and the victor dies ! The great, the bold, by thousands daily fall, And endless were the grief to weep for all. Eternal sorrows what avails to shed? Greece...
Page 254 - Neptune, and the blue-eyed maid. Stay, and the furious flood shall cease to rave Tis not thy fate to glut his angry wave. But thou, the counsel heaven suggests, attend!