The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1756 |
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... Æneas in great danger but for the affiftance of Venus ; who as he is removing her fon from the fight , is wounded on the band by Diomed . Apollo feconds her in his rescue , and at length carries of Eneas to Troy , where he is healed in ...
... Æneas in great danger but for the affiftance of Venus ; who as he is removing her fon from the fight , is wounded on the band by Diomed . Apollo feconds her in his rescue , and at length carries of Eneas to Troy , where he is healed in ...
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... Æneas himself is not faved but by the in- terpofing of a Deity : He purfues and wounds that Deity , and Æneas again escapes only by the help of a stronger power , Apollo . He at- tempts Apollo too , retreats not ' till the God threatens ...
... Æneas himself is not faved but by the in- terpofing of a Deity : He purfues and wounds that Deity , and Æneas again escapes only by the help of a stronger power , Apollo . He at- tempts Apollo too , retreats not ' till the God threatens ...
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... Æneas , because he was yet on his ship , and had not begun the battel . One may answer , that this miraculous ap- pearance could never be more proper than at the first fight of the hero , to strike terror into the enemy , and to ...
... Æneas , because he was yet on his ship , and had not begun the battel . One may answer , that this miraculous ap- pearance could never be more proper than at the first fight of the hero , to strike terror into the enemy , and to ...
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... Æneas . ] It is here Æneas begins to act , and if : we take a view of the whole Episode of this Hero in Homer , where he makes but an under - part , it will appear that Virgil has kept him perfectly in the fame character in his Poem ...
... Æneas . ] It is here Æneas begins to act , and if : we take a view of the whole Episode of this Hero in Homer , where he makes but an under - part , it will appear that Virgil has kept him perfectly in the fame character in his Poem ...
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... Æneas fprung from race divine ! 305 Enough is giv'n to fame . Afcend thy car ; And fave a life , the bulwark of our war . At this the Hero caft a gloomy look , Fix'd on the chief with scorn , and thus he spoke . Me doft thou bid to fhun ...
... Æneas fprung from race divine ! 305 Enough is giv'n to fame . Afcend thy car ; And fave a life , the bulwark of our war . At this the Hero caft a gloomy look , Fix'd on the chief with scorn , and thus he spoke . Me doft thou bid to fhun ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid affiftance againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Apollo arms army battel becauſe brave breaſt caufe chariot chief circumftance combate compariſon courfers Dacier dart defcend defcribed defign Diomed dreadful Euftathius ev'ry facred faid fame fate fays feems fhall fhews fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt flain fome fpear fpeech ftand ftrength fuch fuperior fury gates gen'rous Glaucus glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Helenus heroes himſelf Homer horfes Iliad immortal inftances Jove juft Juno Jupiter laft Lycian Mars Menelaus mighty Minerva mortal moſt muſt Neftor o'er obferve occafion paffage paffion Pallas Pandarus Paris perfons Phereclus plain Poet pow'r prefent Priam rage raiſe reafon reprefents rifing Sarpedon Scamander ſhake ſhall ſkies ſpear Spondanus ſteeds Sthenelus Teucer thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tlepolemus tranflated trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes uſe Venus Virgil warrior whofe whoſe wound
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Page 237 - O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
Page 113 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Page 196 - Thunderer down to earth. Ye strive in vain! If I but stretch this hand, I heave the gods, the ocean, and the land; I fix the chain to great Olympus
Page 141 - And placed the beaming helmet on the ground; Then kiss'd the child, and, lifting high in air, Thus to the gods preferr'da father's prayer: "O thou!
Page 122 - And draw new spirits from the generous bowl; Spent as thou art with long laborious fight, The brave defender of thy country's right." "Far hence be Bacchus' gifts; (the chief rejoin'd;) Inflaming wine, pernicious to mankind, Unnerves the limbs, and dulls the noble mind.
Page 210 - All famed in war, and dreadful hand to hand. Be mindful of the wreaths your arms have won, Your great forefathers' glories, and your own. Heard ye the voice of Jove ? Success and fame Await on Troy, on Greece eternal shame.
Page 143 - No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb. Fix'd is the term to all the race of earth, And such the hard condition of our birth : No force can then resist, no flight can save ; All sink alike, the fearful and the brave.
Page 237 - Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimm'ring Xanthus with their rays : The long reflections of the distant fires Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires.
Page 124 - The recreant warrior hear the voice of Fame. Oh would kind earth the hateful wretch embrace, That pest of Troy, that ruin of our race ! Deep to the dark abyss might he descend, Troy yet should flourish, and my sorrows end.
Page 195 - Join all, and try th' omnipotence of Jove : Let down our golden everlasting chain, Whose strong embrace holds heaven, and earth, and main : Strive all, of mortal and immortal birth, To drag, by this, the Thunderer down to earth : Ye strive in vain ! If I but stretch this hand, I heave...