The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1720 |
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... ftory of an Epic poem , the return of Ulyffes , the fettlement of the Trojans in Italy , or the like . That of the Iliad is the anger of Achilles , the most short and fingle fubject that ever was chofen by any Poet . Yet this he has ...
... ftory of an Epic poem , the return of Ulyffes , the fettlement of the Trojans in Italy , or the like . That of the Iliad is the anger of Achilles , the most short and fingle fubject that ever was chofen by any Poet . Yet this he has ...
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... ftory of Simon and the taking of Troy was copied ( fays Macrobius ) almoft word for word from Pifander , as the loves of Dido and Æneas are taken from thofe of Medea and Jafon in Apollonius , and feveral others in the fame manner . To ...
... ftory of Simon and the taking of Troy was copied ( fays Macrobius ) almoft word for word from Pifander , as the loves of Dido and Æneas are taken from thofe of Medea and Jafon in Apollonius , and feveral others in the fame manner . To ...
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... ftory of this nature , fo fit for age to talk of , and infancy to hear , were incapable of being handed down to us . But we find the tradi- tion again taken up to be heighten'd in one part , and carry'd forward in another . b Heliodorus ...
... ftory of this nature , fo fit for age to talk of , and infancy to hear , were incapable of being handed down to us . But we find the tradi- tion again taken up to be heighten'd in one part , and carry'd forward in another . b Heliodorus ...
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... ftory of his di- " vine extraction is unknown ; because he neither " told his name , race , nor countrey , being ... ftories by which men , who have not been able to exprefs how much they admire him , tranfcend the bounds of probability ...
... ftory of his di- " vine extraction is unknown ; because he neither " told his name , race , nor countrey , being ... ftories by which men , who have not been able to exprefs how much they admire him , tranfcend the bounds of probability ...
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... ftory the Poet is let down into his traditional poverty . Here we fee , tho ' he be taken out of the lineage of Meles , where we met him before , he has ftill as wonderful a rife invented for him ; he is ftill to fpring from a De- migod ...
... ftory the Poet is let down into his traditional poverty . Here we fee , tho ' he be taken out of the lineage of Meles , where we met him before , he has ftill as wonderful a rife invented for him ; he is ftill to fpring from a De- migod ...
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Achilles Æneid againſt Agamemnon alfo ancient arms army Atrides battel beauty becauſe call'd caufe Chalcis character chief Chios compariſon defcending defcription defign Euftathius expreffion fable facred faid fame fays fceptre fecond feems feen felf fenfe feveral fhall fhews fhining fhips fhore fhort fhould fide fight fimile fince fingle firft firſt flain fome fometimes fpeech fpirit ftand ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuch Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Heroes himſelf hoft Homer honour Ibid Idomeneus Iliad Jove juft Jupiter King laft lefs Leo Allatius Madam Dacier manner Menelaus moft moſt muſt Neftor Nireus o'er obferves occafion paffage paffion Pandarus Paris perfons plain pleaſure Plutarch poem Poet poetry pow'r praiſe prefent Priam Prince reafon reft reprefented rifing ſhall ſpeak Spondanus Strab Suidas thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflation Trojan troops Troy Ulyffes uſe verfe Virgil whofe words