The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Poetry ; but ought it to tranfgrefs all power of belief ? Ariftotle in his Art of Poetry lays down a rule to juftify thefe incidents : A Poet , fays that author , ought to prefer things impoffible , provided they are probable , before ...
... Poetry ; but ought it to tranfgrefs all power of belief ? Ariftotle in his Art of Poetry lays down a rule to juftify thefe incidents : A Poet , fays that author , ought to prefer things impoffible , provided they are probable , before ...
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... Poet was at liberty to infert or omit , as contributed moft to the beauty of his poetry : befides , it contains an excellent moral , and fhews us the ill effects of drunkenness and debauchery . The Poet reprefents Elpenor as a person of ...
... Poet was at liberty to infert or omit , as contributed moft to the beauty of his poetry : befides , it contains an excellent moral , and fhews us the ill effects of drunkenness and debauchery . The Poet reprefents Elpenor as a person of ...
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... poetry . By this method the Poet brings upon the stage thofe very perfons who performed the action he reprefents : he makes them speak and act over again the words and actions they spoke or performed before , and in fome fort tranfports ...
... poetry . By this method the Poet brings upon the stage thofe very perfons who performed the action he reprefents : he makes them speak and act over again the words and actions they spoke or performed before , and in fome fort tranfports ...
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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