The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 119
... heaven , and the wars they had with the good angels to regain their ftations . If this might be allowed , we shall then have real giants , who endeavoured to take heaven by affault ; then nothing can be invented by a Poet fo boldly , as ...
... heaven , and the wars they had with the good angels to regain their ftations . If this might be allowed , we shall then have real giants , who endeavoured to take heaven by affault ; then nothing can be invented by a Poet fo boldly , as ...
Page 139
... heaven ; efpecially fince he received divine honours after death , as well as Hercules . Tull . Nat . Deor . 3. Aftypalaa Achillem fanc- tiffimè colit , qui fi Deus eft , & Orpheus , & c . An admirable couplet this ! worthy of Pope ...
... heaven ; efpecially fince he received divine honours after death , as well as Hercules . Tull . Nat . Deor . 3. Aftypalaa Achillem fanc- tiffimè colit , qui fi Deus eft , & Orpheus , & c . An admirable couplet this ! worthy of Pope ...
Page 234
... heaven to animate the body , through fouthern they ascend to heaven , after they are separated from body by death . But I confess I should rather chufe to under the description poetically , believing that Homer never dre of these ...
... heaven to animate the body , through fouthern they ascend to heaven , after they are separated from body by death . But I confess I should rather chufe to under the description poetically , believing that Homer never dre of these ...
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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