The Iliad of Homer, Volume 5Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... wounds among the vul- gar dead . * This is the only book of the Iliad which is a continued defcription of a battle , without any digreffion or episode , that ferves for an interval to refresh the reader . The heavenly machines too are ...
... wounds among the vul- gar dead . * This is the only book of the Iliad which is a continued defcription of a battle , without any digreffion or episode , that ferves for an interval to refresh the reader . The heavenly machines too are ...
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... wound , Prone finks the warriour , and his arms refound . The fhining circlets of his golden hair , Which ev'n the Graces might be proud to wear , Inftarr'd with gems and gold , beftrow the shore , With dust dishonour'd , and deform'd ...
... wound , Prone finks the warriour , and his arms refound . The fhining circlets of his golden hair , Which ev'n the Graces might be proud to wear , Inftarr'd with gems and gold , beftrow the shore , With dust dishonour'd , and deform'd ...
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... wound , as prone he lay ) And in the victor's hands the shining prey . Sheath'd in bright arms , thro'cleaving ranks he flies , And fends his voice in thunder to the skies : 96 Fierce as a flood of flame by Vulcan sent , It flew , and ...
... wound , as prone he lay ) And in the victor's hands the shining prey . Sheath'd in bright arms , thro'cleaving ranks he flies , And fends his voice in thunder to the skies : 96 Fierce as a flood of flame by Vulcan sent , It flew , and ...
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... wound : Inevitable fate o'ertakes the deed ; ; Doom'd by great Ajax ' vengeful lance to bleed It cleft the helmet's brazen cheeks in twain ; 340 The shatter'd creft , and horfe - hair ftrow the plain : With nerves relax'd he tumbles to ...
... wound : Inevitable fate o'ertakes the deed ; ; Doom'd by great Ajax ' vengeful lance to bleed It cleft the helmet's brazen cheeks in twain ; 340 The shatter'd creft , and horfe - hair ftrow the plain : With nerves relax'd he tumbles to ...
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... wound the rushing entrails broke . In strong convulfions panting on the fands He lies , and grasps the dust with dying hands . . 356. Panope renown'd . ] Panope was a small town twenty ftadia from Cheronea , on the fide of mount ...
... wound the rushing entrails broke . In strong convulfions panting on the fands He lies , and grasps the dust with dying hands . . 356. Panope renown'd . ] Panope was a small town twenty ftadia from Cheronea , on the fide of mount ...
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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...
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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!