The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... king as Æolus , he affirms to be truth ; but that he met with fuch adventures is , in the main , fiction . There may ... king of this island to be very expert in foretelling the winds , called him king Aolin , or king of the winds and ...
... king as Æolus , he affirms to be truth ; but that he met with fuch adventures is , in the main , fiction . There may ... king of this island to be very expert in foretelling the winds , called him king Aolin , or king of the winds and ...
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... king direct the glorious way To gen'rous acts ; our part is to obey . While life informs these limbs , ( the king reply'd ) Well to deserve , be all my cares employ'd : 435 But here this night the royal gueft detain , ' Till the fun ...
... king direct the glorious way To gen'rous acts ; our part is to obey . While life informs these limbs , ( the king reply'd ) Well to deserve , be all my cares employ'd : 435 But here this night the royal gueft detain , ' Till the fun ...
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... kings enriched themselves from the earliest ages : thus no less a person than Pharaoh , a powerful king of Egypt , gave Jofeph leave to appoint his brethren to be rulers over his cattle ; and we read in all the Greek Poets , that the ...
... kings enriched themselves from the earliest ages : thus no less a person than Pharaoh , a powerful king of Egypt , gave Jofeph leave to appoint his brethren to be rulers over his cattle ; and we read in all the Greek Poets , that the ...
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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