The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... must fuppofe it to be wrought , to prevent men from being guilty of wilful felf- murder , which is an absurdity . Befides , the word är is used to denote a person who takes no food for the space of one day only , as poró fignifies a ...
... must fuppofe it to be wrought , to prevent men from being guilty of wilful felf- murder , which is an absurdity . Befides , the word är is used to denote a person who takes no food for the space of one day only , as poró fignifies a ...
Page 245
... must be remembered in honour of that Deity ? Some are of opinion , that it is a phyfical allegory , and that Homer delivers the opinion of the antients concerning the tranfmutation of one species into another , as wood into stone , by ...
... must be remembered in honour of that Deity ? Some are of opinion , that it is a phyfical allegory , and that Homer delivers the opinion of the antients concerning the tranfmutation of one species into another , as wood into stone , by ...
Page 281
... must be proper diftances and pauses ; every verse must be a complete fentence , but broken and interrupted , and the parts made unequals fome longer , fome fhorter , to give a variety of Cadence to it . Neither the turn of the parts of ...
... must be proper diftances and pauses ; every verse must be a complete fentence , but broken and interrupted , and the parts made unequals fome longer , fome fhorter , to give a variety of Cadence to it . Neither the turn of the parts of ...
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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