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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... light : Others fo very peculiar and uncommon , that they could only be the effect of an imagination which had fearched thro ' all the ideas of na- ture . Such is that picture of Mydon in the fifth book , whofe arm being numb'd by a blow ...
... light : Others fo very peculiar and uncommon , that they could only be the effect of an imagination which had fearched thro ' all the ideas of na- ture . Such is that picture of Mydon in the fifth book , whofe arm being numb'd by a blow ...
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... light , is evident from a paffage in the tenth Iliad , where Diomed debates whether he fhall draw the chariot of Rhefus out of the way , or carry it on his fhoulders to a place of fafety . All the particulars agree with the ...
... light , is evident from a paffage in the tenth Iliad , where Diomed debates whether he fhall draw the chariot of Rhefus out of the way , or carry it on his fhoulders to a place of fafety . All the particulars agree with the ...
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... light to this matter , The ancient city of Troy flood at a greater diftance from the fea , than thofe ruins which have fince been fhewn for it . This may be gathered from Iliad 5. v . ( of the original ) 791. where it is faid , that the ...
... light to this matter , The ancient city of Troy flood at a greater diftance from the fea , than thofe ruins which have fince been fhewn for it . This may be gathered from Iliad 5. v . ( of the original ) 791. where it is faid , that the ...
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... light . Such glories Pallas on the chief bestow'd , Such , from his arms , the fierce effulgence flow'd : Onward the drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . 10 by Minerva , who had ...
... light . Such glories Pallas on the chief bestow'd , Such , from his arms , the fierce effulgence flow'd : Onward the drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . 10 by Minerva , who had ...
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... light no more . V. 139. The dart fropt fhort of life . ] Homer fays it did not kill him ; and I am at a lofs why M. Dacier tranflates it , The wound was flight ; when juft after the arrow is faid to have pierc'd quite thro ' , and the ...
... light no more . V. 139. The dart fropt fhort of life . ] Homer fays it did not kill him ; and I am at a lofs why M. Dacier tranflates it , The wound was flight ; when juft after the arrow is faid to have pierc'd quite thro ' , and the ...
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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
Popular passages
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...