The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJones and Company, 1827 - 424 pages |
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... Achilles and Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , unburied on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore , Since first Atrides and Achilles strove ; By these he begs ...
... Achilles and Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , unburied on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore , Since first Atrides and Achilles strove ; By these he begs ...
Page 99
... Achilles , yet includes in his poem the whole histroy of the Trojan war , in like manner our author hath drawn into this single action the whole history of Dulness and her children . A person must next be fixed upon to support this ...
... Achilles , yet includes in his poem the whole histroy of the Trojan war , in like manner our author hath drawn into this single action the whole history of Dulness and her children . A person must next be fixed upon to support this ...
Page 101
... Achilles and Æneas shew us , that all those are of small avail , without the constant assistance of the gods ; for the subversion and erection of empires have never been adjudged the work of man . How greatly soever then we may esteem ...
... Achilles and Æneas shew us , that all those are of small avail , without the constant assistance of the gods ; for the subversion and erection of empires have never been adjudged the work of man . How greatly soever then we may esteem ...
Page 107
... Achilles to may well be denominated from Cerberus , the dog with three heads - But as to the latter part of this verse . Cib- berian brain , that is certainly the genuine reading . Bentl . Ver . 225. O born in sin , & c . ] This is a ...
... Achilles to may well be denominated from Cerberus , the dog with three heads - But as to the latter part of this verse . Cib- berian brain , that is certainly the genuine reading . Bentl . Ver . 225. O born in sin , & c . ] This is a ...
Page 109
... Achilles ) . Hither flock the poets and critics , at- tended , as is but just , with their patrons and book- sellers . The goddess is first pleased , for her dis- port , to propose games to the booksellers , and setteth up the phantom ...
... Achilles ) . Hither flock the poets and critics , at- tended , as is but just , with their patrons and book- sellers . The goddess is first pleased , for her dis- port , to propose games to the booksellers , and setteth up the phantom ...
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