The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... passage in his Metamorphofis , lib . xiv . " Pacifer huic dederat florem Cyllenius album ; " Moly vocant Superi , nigrâ radice tenetur , & c . " There is a remarkable sweetness in the verfe which defcribes the appearance of Mercury in ...
... passage in his Metamorphofis , lib . xiv . " Pacifer huic dederat florem Cyllenius album ; " Moly vocant Superi , nigrâ radice tenetur , & c . " There is a remarkable sweetness in the verfe which defcribes the appearance of Mercury in ...
Page 144
... passage , which is incomparably noble and fublime in the Greek , is not meanly executed . I like Chapman , however , better : This made the foul of fwift Achilles tread A march of glorie , through the herbie mead , For joy to heare me ...
... passage , which is incomparably noble and fublime in the Greek , is not meanly executed . I like Chapman , however , better : This made the foul of fwift Achilles tread A march of glorie , through the herbie mead , For joy to heare me ...
Page 279
... passage in . Monfieur Boileau's reflections upon Lon- ginus , which fully vindicates all the places of Homer that have been cenfured as low and too familiar . " There is nothing ( ob- " ferves that author ) that more difgraces a ...
... passage in . Monfieur Boileau's reflections upon Lon- ginus , which fully vindicates all the places of Homer that have been cenfured as low and too familiar . " There is nothing ( ob- " ferves that author ) that more difgraces a ...
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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