The Iliad of Homer, Volume 2H. Baldwin, 1796 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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Homer Gilbert Wakefield. Oh had'st thou dy'd when first thou saw'st the light , 60 Ör dy'd at least before thy nuptial rite ! A better fate than vainly thus to boast , And fly , the fcandal of thy Trojan host . Gods ! how the scornful ...
Homer Gilbert Wakefield. Oh had'st thou dy'd when first thou saw'st the light , 60 Ör dy'd at least before thy nuptial rite ! A better fate than vainly thus to boast , And fly , the fcandal of thy Trojan host . Gods ! how the scornful ...
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... thou injur'd whom thou dar'st not right ? Soon to thy cost the field would make thee know Thou keep'ft the confort of a braver foe . Thy graceful form inftilling soft desire , Thy curling treffes , and thy filver lyre , 80 Ver . 72. And ...
... thou injur'd whom thou dar'st not right ? Soon to thy cost the field would make thee know Thou keep'ft the confort of a braver foe . Thy graceful form inftilling soft desire , Thy curling treffes , and thy filver lyre , 80 Ver . 72. And ...
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... thou well deferv'st A coat of tomb - ftone . Ver . 86. ' Tis juft , my brother . ] This speech is a farther opening of the true character of Paris . He is a mafter of civility , no less well - bred to his own fex than courtly to the ...
... thou well deferv'st A coat of tomb - ftone . Ver . 86. ' Tis juft , my brother . ] This speech is a farther opening of the true character of Paris . He is a mafter of civility , no less well - bred to his own fex than courtly to the ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid affiftance againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache anſwer armies arms Atrides battle beauty becauſe brave breaſt cauſe Chapman chariot chief circumftance combat compariſon couplet Dacier deſcribed Diomed Euftathius expreffion eyes facred faid fame fays feems fenfe fhall fhews fide field fight fimile firft firſt flain fome foul fpear fpeech ftrength fuch Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Helen Helenus hero himſelf Homer horſes Iliad Jove juft Jupiter juſt king lefs Lycian Mars Menelaus Minerva moſt muſt Neftor o'er obferved occafion Ogilby original paffage Pallas Pandarus Paris perfons plain poet pow'r prefent preferved Priam prince raiſe reaſon reprefented ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhould ſkies ſpeaks ſpear ſpoke Spondanus ſtand ſteeds Sthenelus thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflator Trojan Trojan war Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes uſe Venus verfe verfion verſe Virgil warriour whofe whoſe words wound
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Page 9 - Thus fond of vengeance, with a furious bound, In clanging arms he leaps upon the ground From his high chariot : him, approaching near, The beauteous champion views with marks of fear ; Smit with a conscious sense, retires behind, And shuns the fate he well deserved to find. As when some shepherd, from the rustling trees...
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Page 359 - This from the right to left the herald bears, Held out in order to the Grecian peers ; Each to his rival yields the mark unknown, Till godlike Ajax finds the lot his own ; Surveys th...
Page 332 - Freed from his keepers, thus, with broken reins, The wanton courser prances o'er the plains, Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the mounds, And snuffs the females in forbidden grounds. Or seeks his wat'ring in the...
Page 175 - Without a warrior's arms, the spear and shield ! If e'er with life I quit the Trojan plain, If e'er I see my spouse and sire again, This bow, unfaithful to my glorious aims, Broke by my hand, shall feed the blazing flames.
Page 321 - My soul impels me to the' embattled plains; Let me be foremost to defend the throne, And guard my father's glories, and my own. " Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates...