The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 42
... represent the agony of his thoughts ; and when he is a little more confirmed and emboldened , he proceeds , And am I now in fafety fure , quoth he , From him who would have forced me to die ? And is the point of death now turn'd from me ...
... represent the agony of his thoughts ; and when he is a little more confirmed and emboldened , he proceeds , And am I now in fafety fure , quoth he , From him who would have forced me to die ? And is the point of death now turn'd from me ...
Page 99
... represents the roaring of the fea in storms ; the ram the milder appearance of it when in tranquillity : the boar was used by the ancients as an emblem of fecundity , to represent the fruitfulness of the ocean . This parti- cular ...
... represents the roaring of the fea in storms ; the ram the milder appearance of it when in tranquillity : the boar was used by the ancients as an emblem of fecundity , to represent the fruitfulness of the ocean . This parti- cular ...
Page 118
... represent the two hemifpheres of the world ; the one of which is continually enlightened by the fun , and confequently the other is then in darkness and thefe being fucceffively illuminated according to the order of the day and night ...
... represent the two hemifpheres of the world ; the one of which is continually enlightened by the fun , and confequently the other is then in darkness and thefe being fucceffively illuminated according to the order of the day and night ...
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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