The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... couplet superlatively excellent , and of diction most happily appropriate : Well - natur'd Garth inflam'd with early priaise , And Congreve lov'd , and Swift endur'd my lays . Prologue to the Satires , How admirably does the word ...
... couplet superlatively excellent , and of diction most happily appropriate : Well - natur'd Garth inflam'd with early priaise , And Congreve lov'd , and Swift endur'd my lays . Prologue to the Satires , How admirably does the word ...
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... couplet , or a verse , must of necessity be fabricated from a portion of the author not verbally commensurate to the quantity of version requisite to complete the period in which case the amplification , or addition , now become in ...
... couplet , or a verse , must of necessity be fabricated from a portion of the author not verbally commensurate to the quantity of version requisite to complete the period in which case the amplification , or addition , now become in ...
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... couplet . The latter expedient seemed preferable to the translator : and accordingly , by a dextrous amplification and a periphrasis incomparibly elegant , in complete unision with the spirit and sentiment of his author , he has ...
... couplet . The latter expedient seemed preferable to the translator : and accordingly , by a dextrous amplification and a periphrasis incomparibly elegant , in complete unision with the spirit and sentiment of his author , he has ...
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... couplet By fits one flash succeeds , and one expires ; And heaven flames thick with momentary fires : is an addition of the translator , with a view to faci- litate and clear the connection between the com- parison and the subject ; to ...
... couplet By fits one flash succeeds , and one expires ; And heaven flames thick with momentary fires : is an addition of the translator , with a view to faci- litate and clear the connection between the com- parison and the subject ; to ...
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... couplet : While dogs and every vulture of the plain , Found a rich banquet in the heaps of slain . And Tickell's version is more agreeable to the spirit of his author here than Pope's : Whilst in promiscuous heaps their bodies lay A ...
... couplet : While dogs and every vulture of the plain , Found a rich banquet in the heaps of slain . And Tickell's version is more agreeable to the spirit of his author here than Pope's : Whilst in promiscuous heaps their bodies lay A ...
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Achilles action admiration Ægypt Æneas Æneid Agamemnon ancient anger appears Aristotle arms army Asius Atrides beauty Briseïs catalogue Chalcas Chapman character chief Chryses command couplet criticism divine Dryden edition Editor elegant epithets Eustathius expression eyes fable farther genius give glory Goddess Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'nly heaven Hector hero Hesiod Homer Homer says honour Ibid Iliad imagine imitation invention Jove Jupiter king learning Leo Allatius Madam Dacier mankind manner mentioned mighty moral Muses nature Nestor Nireus o'er observed occasion Odysses Odyssey Ogilby original particular passage passion Patroclus plain Plutarch poet poet's poetical poetry Pope pow'r priest princes Pteleon Quintilian rage reader remarks revenge rhymes river sceptre seems shews ships shore simile sire speak speech story Strab Suidas thee Thetis thing thou thought thro tion translation Travers Trojan troops Troy Ulysses verse Virgil warriours words καὶ