The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... same time fhews the bravery of Ulyffes , who puts himself upon a level with the meaneft of his foldiers , and is ready to expose his perfon to an equality of danger . Ulyffes divides his men into two bodies ; each contains two and ...
... same time fhews the bravery of Ulyffes , who puts himself upon a level with the meaneft of his foldiers , and is ready to expose his perfon to an equality of danger . Ulyffes divides his men into two bodies ; each contains two and ...
Page 79
... account of a future state ; there is not a person described in happiness , unless perhaps it be Tirefias : the good and the bad feem all in the same condi- tion : whereas Virgil has an hell for the wicked NOTE PRELIMINARY :
... account of a future state ; there is not a person described in happiness , unless perhaps it be Tirefias : the good and the bad feem all in the same condi- tion : whereas Virgil has an hell for the wicked NOTE PRELIMINARY :
Page 226
... same Critick further remarks , that Homer judicioufly fortens every circumstance before he comes to the dismission of Ulysses : thus he omits the description of the facrifice , and the subject of the song of Demodocus ; these are ...
... same Critick further remarks , that Homer judicioufly fortens every circumstance before he comes to the dismission of Ulysses : thus he omits the description of the facrifice , and the subject of the song of Demodocus ; these are ...
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Æneid againſt Alcinous Anticlea antient aſked becauſe breaſt Caïcus Chapman Circe companions confequently couplet Dacier dæmon darkneſs defcends defcription deſcribes dreadful Elpenor Enipeus Euftathius Eumæus Eurylochus Eurypylus ev'ry expreffion exprefs eyes fable facred fafe faid falchion fame fate fays feas feaſt feems fhade fhall fhews fhip fhore fhort fhould fignifies firft firſt flain fleep fome forrow foul fpeaks ftand ftill ftory fuch Goddeſs Gods gueſt heav'n hell herds hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad inftance iſland Jove loft moſt muſt night o'er obferves occafion Odyffey Odyſſey Ogilby paffage perfon Phæacians pleaſe pleaſure Poet poetry pow'r reaſon reft repreſent rhymes rife ſay Scylla ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhip ſhore ſpeaks ſpread ſtay ſtory Strabo Symplegades Telegonus Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflator Ulyffes underſtand underſtood uſed veffel verfe verfion verſe Virgil whofe whoſe winds wiſdom woes words καὶ