The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... mean thought expressed in noble terms being more tolerable , than a noble thought difgraced by mean expref- fions . Things that have an intrinfick greatness need only to be barely represented to fill the foul with admiration , but it ...
... mean thought expressed in noble terms being more tolerable , than a noble thought difgraced by mean expref- fions . Things that have an intrinfick greatness need only to be barely represented to fill the foul with admiration , but it ...
Page 279
... mean thought expreffed in noble terms , " is generally more taking than a noble thought debased by mean " terms : the reason is , every person cannot judge of the just- nefs and ftrength of a thought , but there are very few , efpeci ...
... mean thought expreffed in noble terms , " is generally more taking than a noble thought debased by mean " terms : the reason is , every person cannot judge of the just- nefs and ftrength of a thought , but there are very few , efpeci ...
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... mean in the found or ufage . Thus afs , and afinus in Latin , are mean to the last de- " gree ; though ovos in the Greek be used in the most magnificent " descriptions , and has nothing mean in it ; in like manner the terms hogherd and ...
... mean in the found or ufage . Thus afs , and afinus in Latin , are mean to the last de- " gree ; though ovos in the Greek be used in the most magnificent " descriptions , and has nothing mean in it ; in like manner the terms hogherd and ...
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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