The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 185
... gave to air This dreadful pest ! To her direct thy pray'r , } 156 queftion excellently declares the undaunted fpirit of this here : Circe lays before him the moft affrighting danger ; Ulyffes im- mediately offers to encounter it , to ...
... gave to air This dreadful pest ! To her direct thy pray'r , } 156 queftion excellently declares the undaunted fpirit of this here : Circe lays before him the moft affrighting danger ; Ulyffes im- mediately offers to encounter it , to ...
Page 295
... gave him the epithet of πολυμήλων , πολυαρνών , οι πολύῤῥηνος that is , “ a person that had a great number of sheep or cattle , or a person of great wealth . " This is likewife evident from the holy Scriptures : David had his officers ...
... gave him the epithet of πολυμήλων , πολυαρνών , οι πολύῤῥηνος that is , “ a person that had a great number of sheep or cattle , or a person of great wealth . " This is likewife evident from the holy Scriptures : David had his officers ...
Page 314
... gave out the oracles to the people : they concealed themselves within the cavities or hollow of the oaks , and from thence delivered their oracles ; and impofing by this method upon the fuperftition and credulity of thofe ages ...
... gave out the oracles to the people : they concealed themselves within the cavities or hollow of the oaks , and from thence delivered their oracles ; and impofing by this method upon the fuperftition and credulity of thofe ages ...
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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