The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... verse is not in Homer , but is tranflated from Virgil , En . iii . 193 . cœlum undique , et undique pontus : With only feas around and fkies above : as Dryden represents the verse . Ver . 230. ] This metaphor , I confefs , does not ...
... verse is not in Homer , but is tranflated from Virgil , En . iii . 193 . cœlum undique , et undique pontus : With only feas around and fkies above : as Dryden represents the verse . Ver . 230. ] This metaphor , I confefs , does not ...
Page 73
... verse of his author : To them affembled in these words I spake . Ver . 680. ] I fhould like better : With loud lament , they frantic tore their hair . Ver . 681. ] See the remarks above , at verse 230 of this book . Ver . 683. ] What ...
... verse of his author : To them affembled in these words I spake . Ver . 680. ] I fhould like better : With loud lament , they frantic tore their hair . Ver . 681. ] See the remarks above , at verse 230 of this book . Ver . 683. ] What ...
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... verses in this book . The fame method , remarks that author , makes both profe and verse beautiful ; which consists in these three things , the judicious coaptation and ranging of the words , the pofition of the members and parts of the ...
... verses in this book . The fame method , remarks that author , makes both profe and verse beautiful ; which consists in these three things , the judicious coaptation and ranging of the words , the pofition of the members and parts of the ...
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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