The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Homer Gilbert Wakefield. Say , whence , ye Gods , contending nations strive Who most shall please , who most our hero give ? Long have his coffers groan'd with Trojan spoils ; Whilft we , the wretched partners of his toils , 45 Reproach ...
Homer Gilbert Wakefield. Say , whence , ye Gods , contending nations strive Who most shall please , who most our hero give ? Long have his coffers groan'd with Trojan spoils ; Whilft we , the wretched partners of his toils , 45 Reproach ...
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... most polite of all the Greek hiftorians , " of this defect ; and Livy , Salluft , and Virgil , have fallen under the fame imputation . Is it not then very furprising that no reproach upon this account has fallen upon Homer ? especially ...
... most polite of all the Greek hiftorians , " of this defect ; and Livy , Salluft , and Virgil , have fallen under the fame imputation . Is it not then very furprising that no reproach upon this account has fallen upon Homer ? especially ...
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... most pompous epithet given by Homer to Eumæus . For in- ftance , to fay , or the illuftrious hogherd , is mean enough : but the image is more tolerable when we say , the illuftrious fhep- herd ; the office of a fhepherd ( especially as ...
... most pompous epithet given by Homer to Eumæus . For in- ftance , to fay , or the illuftrious hogherd , is mean enough : but the image is more tolerable when we say , the illuftrious fhep- herd ; the office of a fhepherd ( especially as ...
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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