The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 175
... rocks exalt their brow , The boiling billows thund'ring roll below ; 70 - ] There is un- Ver . 71. High o'er the main two rocks doubtedly a great amplification in the defcription of Scylla and Charybdis ; it may not therefore be ...
... rocks exalt their brow , The boiling billows thund'ring roll below ; 70 - ] There is un- Ver . 71. High o'er the main two rocks doubtedly a great amplification in the defcription of Scylla and Charybdis ; it may not therefore be ...
Page 176
... rocks at the foot of " the greater : thefe are the dogs that are faid to bark there , the " waters by their repercuffion from them make a noife like the " barking of dogs ; and the reason why Scylla is faid to devour " the fishes , as ...
... rocks at the foot of " the greater : thefe are the dogs that are faid to bark there , the " waters by their repercuffion from them make a noife like the " barking of dogs ; and the reason why Scylla is faid to devour " the fishes , as ...
Page 178
... rocks meet , and crush her as she flies ; Not the fleet bark , when profp'rous breezes play , Ploughs o'er that ... rocks with fafety , he defires to know how swift the vessel was ; Jafon answers , as swift as a dove ; Then , faid ...
... rocks meet , and crush her as she flies ; Not the fleet bark , when profp'rous breezes play , Ploughs o'er that ... rocks with fafety , he defires to know how swift the vessel was ; Jafon answers , as swift as a dove ; Then , faid ...
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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