| Paul Dudley - 1731 - 98 pages
...Babylon in this Chapter is taken from that Prophecy in EKekiel. Bat then as Mr, , Englifli'dbyMr. Pope: That Wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign, The SOULS of mighty Chi«fs untimely Slain. Brightwa* 4 fht Merchandize of I \af. Bright man upon the Place obferves, thefe... | |
| Paul Dudley - Bible - 1732 - 52 pages
...the Grecian Heroes * . But I Heed not labour this ; our Proteftant Ertglifhed by Mr. Pope. That Wrarh which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign, The SOULS of mighty Chiefs untimely flain. • teftant Expofitors being generally agreed. That by the Word .4«'x,*« in this Place, we... | |
| William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 392 pages
...the two firft Lines fhow that he underftands no Greek, the next two prove that he knows no Englijh. That Wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign, The Souls of mighty Chiefs untimely flain. Let us refolve this Couplet to Profe, and fee if we can find, disjecJi membra poetie. O Goddefs,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...f'-'.f'le-'l the d*rk bill with trrtet elain ; fiil'd the shad; h«ll with chiefs untimely , VOL. I. 3U Whose Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore, Since great Achilles and Atrides strove; Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Whose... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...d'énergie : Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Ofwoes unnumber'd, heav'nly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; ^Vhose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore Dcvouring dogs and hungry vultures tore , Since great Achilles... | |
| Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...BOOK I. A CHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore, $ Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore; Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 472 pages
...Olympus. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumher'd, heav'nly goddess sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; 46 BOXER'S ILIAD. Book I. Whose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore, 5 Devouring flogs and hungry vultures... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 410 pages
...decline : Aehilla? wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. In the first couplet the language is distorted by invertions, clogged with superfluities, and clouded... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...stand thus ; The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing, That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelide .' rage, O Goddess, sing. wwth • Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...stands thus; The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O goddess, sing, That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Policies' rage, O goddess, sing, Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian That... | |
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