The Poems of Alexander Pope, Volume 8Methuen, 1967 |
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Page 133
... Priam , & c . ] Homer here gives the reason why Æneas did not fight in the foremost Ranks . It was against his Inclination that he serv'd Priam , and he was rather engag'd by Honour and Reputation to assist his Coun- try , than by any ...
... Priam , & c . ] Homer here gives the reason why Æneas did not fight in the foremost Ranks . It was against his Inclination that he serv'd Priam , and he was rather engag'd by Honour and Reputation to assist his Coun- try , than by any ...
Page 548
... Priam is very natural to a Person in his Circumstances : The Loss of his favourite Son makes so deep an Impression upon his Spirits , that he is incapable of Consolation ; he is displeased with every body ; he is angry he knows not why ...
... Priam is very natural to a Person in his Circumstances : The Loss of his favourite Son makes so deep an Impression upon his Spirits , that he is incapable of Consolation ; he is displeased with every body ; he is angry he knows not why ...
Page 561
... Priam , and the Sorrows in the Countenance of this unfortunate King . That Circumstance of Priam's kissing the Hands of Achilles is inimitably fine ; he kiss'd , says Homer , the Hands of Achilles , those terrible , murderous Hands that ...
... Priam , and the Sorrows in the Countenance of this unfortunate King . That Circumstance of Priam's kissing the Hands of Achilles is inimitably fine ; he kiss'd , says Homer , the Hands of Achilles , those terrible , murderous Hands that ...
Contents
The NightAdventure of Diomed and Ulysses | 1 |
The third Battel and the Acts of Agamemnon | 33 |
The Battel at the Grecian Wall | 80 |
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