Extracts from mr. Pope's translation corresponding with The beauties of Homer selected from the Iliad, by W. HolwellJ. and J. Fletcher : sold, 1776 - 319 pages |
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... lights his fire with an air of dignity . I intended to have clofed thefe hafty objections , with lay- ing before you some of thofe paffages , where Mr. Pope seems to have equalled , or excelled his original . But I perceive I have ...
... lights his fire with an air of dignity . I intended to have clofed thefe hafty objections , with lay- ing before you some of thofe paffages , where Mr. Pope seems to have equalled , or excelled his original . But I perceive I have ...
Page xxxi
... light , The daughter of the dawn : th ' awaken'd crew Back to the Greeks encamp'd their course renew ; The breezes freshen ; for with friendly gales Apollo fwell'd their wide - diftended fails ; Cleft by the rapid prow the waves divide ...
... light , The daughter of the dawn : th ' awaken'd crew Back to the Greeks encamp'd their course renew ; The breezes freshen ; for with friendly gales Apollo fwell'd their wide - diftended fails ; Cleft by the rapid prow the waves divide ...
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... light ! whom Tenedos adores , And whose bright prefence gilds thy Chryfa's shores : If e'er with wreaths I hung thy facred fane , Or fed the flames with fat of oxen flain ; God of the filver bow ! thy fhafts employ , Avenge thy fervant ...
... light ! whom Tenedos adores , And whose bright prefence gilds thy Chryfa's shores : If e'er with wreaths I hung thy facred fane , Or fed the flames with fat of oxen flain ; God of the filver bow ! thy fhafts employ , Avenge thy fervant ...
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... light , and opens day above . The king difpatch'd his heralds with commands To range the camp and fummon all the bands : The gathering hosts the monarch's word obey ; While to the fleet Atrides bends his way . In his black fhip the ...
... light , and opens day above . The king difpatch'd his heralds with commands To range the camp and fummon all the bands : The gathering hosts the monarch's word obey ; While to the fleet Atrides bends his way . In his black fhip the ...
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... light with noife ; with noise the field resounds . Thus num'rous and confus'd , extended wide , The legions croud Scamander's flow'ry fide ; With rushing troops the plains are cover'd o'er , And thund'ring footsteps shake the founding ...
... light with noife ; with noise the field resounds . Thus num'rous and confus'd , extended wide , The legions croud Scamander's flow'ry fide ; With rushing troops the plains are cover'd o'er , And thund'ring footsteps shake the founding ...
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Antilochus arms Atrides blood brave breaſt caft chariot chief cloſe clouds courfers dart death defcends Diomed divine dreadful duft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fall fame fate fends fhade fhall fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft firſt fkies flain flames flies fome forrows foul fpear ftands ftern ftill ftrength fuch fury fword gen'rous glory goddeſs gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand heart heav'n heav'nly Hector hero himſelf hoft Idomeneus Iliad Ilion jav'lin Jove Jupiter king laft lance Menelaus muft muſt Neftor numbers o'er Patroclus Peleus plain pow'r Priam rage raiſe refound reft rife round Sarpedon Scamander ſcene ſhakes ſhall ſhining ſhore ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds tears terrours Teucer thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro tow'rs tranflation trembling Trojan troops Troy Ulyffes walls warriours whofe Whoſe wound
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Page 69 - 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 76 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Page 98 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, 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 every mountain's head...
Page 77 - Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame A thousand griefs shall waken at the name. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental clay! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
Page 77 - 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! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers!
Page 76 - Priam's hoary hairs defil'd with gore, Not all my brothers gasping on the shore, As thine, Andromache! Thy griefs I dread: I see thee trembling, weeping, captive led, In Argive looms our battles to design, And woes of which so large a part was thine!
Page 307 - Nineteen one mother bore — Dead, all are dead ! How oft, alas ! has wretched Priam bled ? Still one was left, their loss to recompense ; His father's hope, his country's last defence.
Page 282 - Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro, In all the raging impotence of woe. At length he roll'd in dust, and thus begun, Imploring all, and naming one by one: 'Ah!
Page 160 - As from some mountain's craggy forehead torn, A rock's round fragment flies, with fury borne, (Which from the stubborn stone a torrent rends,) Precipitate the...
Page 20 - The' assembly placed, the king of men express'd The counsels labouring in his artful breast. ' Friends and confederates! with attentive ear Receive my words, and credit what you hear.