The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 120
... Gods they challenge , and affect the skies . And what he adds concerning the fuccefs of thefe giants is ftill bolder . Had they to manhood grown , the bright abodes Of heav'n had shook , and Gods been heap'd on Gods . Virgil was of the ...
... Gods they challenge , and affect the skies . And what he adds concerning the fuccefs of thefe giants is ftill bolder . Had they to manhood grown , the bright abodes Of heav'n had shook , and Gods been heap'd on Gods . Virgil was of the ...
Page 207
... Gods ! or I the fkies forego , 450 And bear the lamp of heav'n to shades below . Ver . 437. ] Thus Ogilby : Then to the Gods I thus complain'd ; Oh ! Jove , And all you happy powers that dwell above - . Ver . 439. ] The whole sense of ...
... Gods ! or I the fkies forego , 450 And bear the lamp of heav'n to shades below . Ver . 437. ] Thus Ogilby : Then to the Gods I thus complain'd ; Oh ! Jove , And all you happy powers that dwell above - . Ver . 439. ] The whole sense of ...
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... Gods and men enter . I shall offer a conjecture to explain these two lines : Sacred the fouth , by which the Gods defcend , But mortals enter at the northern end . It has been already observed , that the Ethiopians held an annual ...
... Gods and men enter . I shall offer a conjecture to explain these two lines : Sacred the fouth , by which the Gods defcend , But mortals enter at the northern end . It has been already observed , that the Ethiopians held an annual ...
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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