The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... hand to hand they wound return for wound ; But never have thy eyes astonish'd view'd So vile a deed , fo dire a scene of blood . Ver . 507. ] The reader may compare book iv . verse 715 . Ver . 512. ] Thus more literally , and , perhaps ...
... hand to hand they wound return for wound ; But never have thy eyes astonish'd view'd So vile a deed , fo dire a scene of blood . Ver . 507. ] The reader may compare book iv . verse 715 . Ver . 512. ] Thus more literally , and , perhaps ...
Page 218
... hands fouled with blood . But I take the former fenfe to be the better . Befides , it is impoffible to make this place ... hand , they would have been guilty of starving themselves . If therefore we fuppofe a miracle , we must fuppofe it ...
... hands fouled with blood . But I take the former fenfe to be the better . Befides , it is impoffible to make this place ... hand , they would have been guilty of starving themselves . If therefore we fuppofe a miracle , we must fuppofe it ...
Page 322
... hand he took A weighty ax , and cleft the folid oak ; Ver . 455. Compelld , reluctant , to their fev'ral flies , With din obftrep'rous , and ungrateful cries . ] There is fcarce a more fonorous verfe in the whole Odyssey . Κλαίγὴ δ ...
... hand he took A weighty ax , and cleft the folid oak ; Ver . 455. Compelld , reluctant , to their fev'ral flies , With din obftrep'rous , and ungrateful cries . ] There is fcarce a more fonorous verfe in the whole Odyssey . Κλαίγὴ δ ...
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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