The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... thought a perfon might lawfully take away his own life to avoid the greatest dangers ; what Ulyffes here fpeaks arifes from the violence of a fudden paffion , and gives us a true picture of human nature : the wifeft of men are not free ...
... thought a perfon might lawfully take away his own life to avoid the greatest dangers ; what Ulyffes here fpeaks arifes from the violence of a fudden paffion , and gives us a true picture of human nature : the wifeft of men are not free ...
Page 106
... thought immediately from Fenton below : And funk my age with forrow to the grave . Ver . 248. Thrice in my arms I ftrove her shade to bind , Thrice thro ' my arms — — - ] This paffage plainly fhews that the vehicles of the departed were ...
... thought immediately from Fenton below : And funk my age with forrow to the grave . Ver . 248. Thrice in my arms I ftrove her shade to bind , Thrice thro ' my arms — — - ] This paffage plainly fhews that the vehicles of the departed were ...
Page 279
... thought expreffed in noble terms , " is generally more taking than a noble thought debased by mean " terms : the reason is , every person cannot judge of the just- nefs and ftrength of a thought , but there are very few , efpeci- ❤ally ...
... thought expreffed in noble terms , " is generally more taking than a noble thought debased by mean " terms : the reason is , every person cannot judge of the just- nefs and ftrength of a thought , but there are very few , efpeci- ❤ally ...
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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