The Iliad of Homer, Volume 5Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... piece of that author . 4. 65. Thus young , thus beautiful Euphorbus hay . ] This is the only Trojan whofe death the Poet laments , that he might do the more honour to Patroclus , his hero's friend . The comparifon here used is very ...
... piece of that author . 4. 65. Thus young , thus beautiful Euphorbus hay . ] This is the only Trojan whofe death the Poet laments , that he might do the more honour to Patroclus , his hero's friend . The comparifon here used is very ...
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... piece of news ought to be delivered ; for in two verfes it comprehends the whole affair of the death of Patro- clus , the person that killed him , the conteft for his body , and his arms in the poffeffion of his enemy . Befides , it ...
... piece of news ought to be delivered ; for in two verfes it comprehends the whole affair of the death of Patro- clus , the person that killed him , the conteft for his body , and his arms in the poffeffion of his enemy . Befides , it ...
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... pieces . Secondly " with refpect to that which is beft , we fee that a thing is " more excellent and more wonderful this way , and that the 66 66 originals ought always to furpafs . Laftly , in refpect to fame , it is proved that the ...
... pieces . Secondly " with refpect to that which is beft , we fee that a thing is " more excellent and more wonderful this way , and that the 66 66 originals ought always to furpafs . Laftly , in refpect to fame , it is proved that the ...
Page 98
... pieces of gallantry and amour , he tried his force in tragedy and epick poetry ; but the fuccefs was not answerable to his hopes he compared his performance with that of Ho- mer , and was very fenfible of the difference . He therefore a ...
... pieces of gallantry and amour , he tried his force in tragedy and epick poetry ; but the fuccefs was not answerable to his hopes he compared his performance with that of Ho- mer , and was very fenfible of the difference . He therefore a ...
Page 115
... the field . ] Dacier takes this to be a piece of ground given to a hero in reward of his fer- vices . It was in no refpect unworthy fuch a person , in those A ready banquet on the turf is laid , Beneath H 2 Book XVIII . HOMER'S ILIAD . 115.
... the field . ] Dacier takes this to be a piece of ground given to a hero in reward of his fer- vices . It was in no refpect unworthy fuch a person , in those A ready banquet on the turf is laid , Beneath H 2 Book XVIII . HOMER'S ILIAD . 115.
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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 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!