The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1A. Donaldson, and sold at his shop, no. 48, East corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, London; and at Edinburgh., 1769 - Greece |
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... thing without any diftinction , to the prejudice or neglect of the more noble parts of his character ; like thofe trifling pain- ters , or fculptors , who beftow infinite pains and pa- tience upon the most infignificant parts of a ...
... thing without any diftinction , to the prejudice or neglect of the more noble parts of his character ; like thofe trifling pain- ters , or fculptors , who beftow infinite pains and pa- tience upon the most infignificant parts of a ...
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... the Mufes : This he per- " formed in obedience to her infpiration , and related " all these things to the child when he was grown 66 * Euftathius in Od . 12 . A 2 61 up ; up ; who , in memory of the doves which AN ESSAY ON HOMER . iti.
... the Mufes : This he per- " formed in obedience to her infpiration , and related " all these things to the child when he was grown 66 * Euftathius in Od . 12 . A 2 61 up ; up ; who , in memory of the doves which AN ESSAY ON HOMER . iti.
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... thing divine or great , will thus come together by the extravagant indulgence of fancy , while admiration turns itself . in fome to bare fable , in others to allegory . After this fabulous tree of his pedigree , we may regularly view ...
... thing divine or great , will thus come together by the extravagant indulgence of fancy , while admiration turns itself . in fome to bare fable , in others to allegory . After this fabulous tree of his pedigree , we may regularly view ...
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... thing more than a mere fable , one would be apt to imagine it infinuated his contracting a blindness by too intense an application while he wrote his Iliad . But it is a very pompous way of letting us into the knowledge of fo fhort a ...
... thing more than a mere fable , one would be apt to imagine it infinuated his contracting a blindness by too intense an application while he wrote his Iliad . But it is a very pompous way of letting us into the knowledge of fo fhort a ...
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... thing correfpondent to the idea we entertain of him ; fuch a life , I fay , will never an- fwer rightly the demand the world has upon an histo- rian . Yet the most formal account we have of Homer is of this nature , I mean that which is ...
... thing correfpondent to the idea we entertain of him ; fuch a life , I fay , will never an- fwer rightly the demand the world has upon an histo- rian . Yet the most formal account we have of Homer is of this nature , I mean that which is ...
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Achilles Æneas againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms army Atrides battle becauſe brave breaſt cauſe Chalcis chariot chief combat courfers Dacier defcends defign Diomed divine dreadful Euftathius ev'ry eyes facred faid fame fate fays feems fent fhall fhews fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fight filence fire firft firſt fkies flain fome foul fpear fpeech ftand ftill fubject fuch gen'rous glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n heav'nly Hector heroes himſelf hoft Homer honour Iliad Jove juft Jupiter juſt king lefs Leo Allatius Lycian Lycurgus Menelaus mighty Minerva moſt muſt Neftor o'er obferve occafion paffage paffion Pallas Pandarus Paris Patroclus perfons plain Plutarch poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent Priam prince rage raiſe reafon rifing ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſpeak ſtand Sthenelus Strab thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tow'rs Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes uſed warriors whofe whoſe wound
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Page 12 - Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine to look on, and bid the valiant die. So much 'tis fafer thro' the camp to go, And rob a fubject, than defpoil a foe. Scourge of thy people, violent and bafe ! 305 Sent in Jove's anger on a flavifh race,
Page 32 - And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war: Then bids an empty phantom rife to fight, And thus commands the vifion of the night. Fly hence, deluding dream ! and light as air, To Agamemnon's ample tent repair. 10 Bid him in arms draw forth th
Page 13 - away, Wife by his rules, and happy by his fway ; Two ages o'er his native realm he reign'd, 335 And now th' example of the third remain'd.. All view'd with awe the venerable man ; Who thus, with mild benevolence, began : What fhame, what woe is this to Greece ! what joy To Troy's
Page 97 - Eager he feizes and devours the flain, Preft by bold youths, and baying dogs in vain. 40 Thus fond of vengeance, with a furious bound. In clanging arms he leaps upon the ground From his high chariot: Him, approaching near, The beauteous champion views with marks of fear, Smit with a confcious fenfe, retires behind,
Page 224 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground; Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall
Page 24 - Phoebus, fill the fwelling fails; 625 The milk-white canvas bellying as they blow, The parted ocean foams and roars below : Above the bounding billows fwift they flew, 'Till now the Grecian camp appear'd in view. Far on the beach they haul their bark to land, 630 (The
Page 237 - Beheld the war, and ficken'd at the fight; There her fad eyes in vain her lord explore, 470 Or weep the wounds her bleeding country bore. But he who found not whom his foul defir'd, Whofe virtue charm'd him as her beauty fir'd, Stood in the gates, and
Page 304 - Unworthy property, unworthy light, Unfit for public rule, or private care ; That wretch, that monfter, who delights in war : 90 Whofe luft is murder, and whofe horrid joy, To tear his country, and his kind deftroy! This night, refrefh and fortify thy train; Between the trench and wall let guards remain:
Page 4 - Difconfolate, not daring to complain, Silent he wander'd by the founding main : 50 Till, fafe at diftance, to his God he prays, The God who darts around the world his rays. O Smintheus! fprung from fair Latona's line, Thou guardian pow'r of Cilia the divine, Thou
Page 27 - Goddefs then thofe cares divides, Which Jove in prudence from his confort hides ? To this the Thund'rer: Seek not thou to find The facred counfels of almighty mind : 705 Involv'd in darknefs lies the great decree, Nor can the depths of fate be pierce'd by thee. What fits thy knowledge, thou the