The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Never , alas ! thou never fhalt return , Or fee the wretched for whofe lofs we mourn . With what remains from certain ruin fly , And fave the few not fated yet to die , 320 Ver . 313. With both hands embrac'd My knees ] . The cha ...
... Never , alas ! thou never fhalt return , Or fee the wretched for whofe lofs we mourn . With what remains from certain ruin fly , And fave the few not fated yet to die , 320 Ver . 313. With both hands embrac'd My knees ] . The cha ...
Page 156
... never made any thing equal to it , " as if we should say , that Phidias who made the ftatue of Jupiter never made any other ftatue like it ; that is , he employed the whole power of his fkill upon it . Others under- stand the verse as ...
... never made any thing equal to it , " as if we should say , that Phidias who made the ftatue of Jupiter never made any other ftatue like it ; that is , he employed the whole power of his fkill upon it . Others under- stand the verse as ...
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... never uses terms which are not noble , 66 or if he uses humble words or phrases , it is with so much art , " that , as Dionyfius Halicarnaffus obferves , they become noble " and harmonious . We may learn from hence the ignorance of ...
... never uses terms which are not noble , 66 or if he uses humble words or phrases , it is with so much art , " that , as Dionyfius Halicarnaffus obferves , they become noble " and harmonious . We may learn from hence the ignorance 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