The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... living ftone , are the bodies which are formed out of the earth ; the bees that make their honey in the cave are the fouls of men , which perform all their operations in the body , and animate it ; the beams on which the nymphs roll ...
... living ftone , are the bodies which are formed out of the earth ; the bees that make their honey in the cave are the fouls of men , which perform all their operations in the body , and animate it ; the beams on which the nymphs roll ...
Page 279
... living languages , who are not shocked at mean words : " and yet almost all writers fall into this fault . Longinus " accuses Herodotus , the most polite of all the Greek hiftorians , " of this defect ; and Livy , Salluft , and Virgil ...
... living languages , who are not shocked at mean words : " and yet almost all writers fall into this fault . Longinus " accuses Herodotus , the most polite of all the Greek hiftorians , " of this defect ; and Livy , Salluft , and Virgil ...
Page 306
... living by Ulyffes , for in his age piracy was not only allowable , but glorious ; and fudden inroads and incurfions were practised by the greatest heroes . Homer therefore only intends to shew that the difpofition of Ulyffes inclined ...
... living by Ulyffes , for in his age piracy was not only allowable , but glorious ; and fudden inroads and incurfions were practised by the greatest heroes . Homer therefore only intends to shew that the difpofition of Ulyffes inclined ...
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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