The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Whose waves of torrent - fire inflame with rage ; Far off from these a flow and filent ftream , Lethe , the river of oblivion , rolls Her watry labyrinth , whereof who drinks Forthwith his former ftate and being forgets , Forgets both ...
... Whose waves of torrent - fire inflame with rage ; Far off from these a flow and filent ftream , Lethe , the river of oblivion , rolls Her watry labyrinth , whereof who drinks Forthwith his former ftate and being forgets , Forgets both ...
Page 256
... Whose son , the swift Orfilochus , I flew : Ver . 299. Ev'n to thofe fhores is Ithaca renown'd . ] Nothing can more raise our esteem of the judgment of Homer , than fuch ftrokes of art . Here he introduces Minerva to let Ulyffes into ...
... Whose son , the swift Orfilochus , I flew : Ver . 299. Ev'n to thofe fhores is Ithaca renown'd . ] Nothing can more raise our esteem of the judgment of Homer , than fuch ftrokes of art . Here he introduces Minerva to let Ulyffes into ...
Page 265
... Whose now - neglected altars , in thy reign , Blush'd with the blood of sheep and oxen flain . Behold ! where Neritus the clouds divides , And shakes the waving forefts on his fides . So fpake the Goddess , and the prospect clear d ...
... Whose now - neglected altars , in thy reign , Blush'd with the blood of sheep and oxen flain . Behold ! where Neritus the clouds divides , And shakes the waving forefts on his fides . So fpake the Goddess , and the prospect clear d ...
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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