The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 109
... reader may collect from Fenton , or the less artificial , but more faithful verfion , of Mr. Cowper . The fame may be faid of many other paffages . ---- Ver . 279. Then fbade to fhade fucceeds . ] Nothing can better fhew the invention ...
... reader may collect from Fenton , or the less artificial , but more faithful verfion , of Mr. Cowper . The fame may be faid of many other paffages . ---- Ver . 279. Then fbade to fhade fucceeds . ] Nothing can better fhew the invention ...
Page 240
... reader as it were intoxicated with these beauties , he " fteals Ulyffes on fhore , and difmiffes the Phæacians ; all this " takes up but eight verfes . And then left the reader should " reflect upon it , he immediately introduces the ...
... reader as it were intoxicated with these beauties , he " fteals Ulyffes on fhore , and difmiffes the Phæacians ; all this " takes up but eight verfes . And then left the reader should " reflect upon it , he immediately introduces the ...
Page 245
... reader to the eighth book of the Odyssey , for a further account of this transformation . Scaliger condemns it , Ulyffis navis in faxum mutatur a Neptuno , ut immortalem faciat , quem odia habere debuit . But will it not be an answer to ...
... reader to the eighth book of the Odyssey , for a further account of this transformation . Scaliger condemns it , Ulyffis navis in faxum mutatur a Neptuno , ut immortalem faciat , quem odia habere debuit . But will it not be an answer to ...
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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