The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... beauty of his numbers is allowed by the criticks to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself , though they are so just to afcribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : indeed the Greek has fome advantages both from the natural found of ...
... beauty of his numbers is allowed by the criticks to be copied but faintly by Virgil himself , though they are so just to afcribe it to the nature of the Latin tongue : indeed the Greek has fome advantages both from the natural found of ...
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... beauty brought ; She , in foft forrows , and in penfive thought , 451 fent her than was forced to relinquifh her . The art of this has been taken notice of by Euftathius . * .451 . She , in foft forrows . ] The behaviour of Brifeïs in ...
... beauty brought ; She , in foft forrows , and in penfive thought , 451 fent her than was forced to relinquifh her . The art of this has been taken notice of by Euftathius . * .451 . She , in foft forrows . ] The behaviour of Brifeïs in ...
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... Beauty : ' tis by a bare repetition of his name three times , which just leaves fome impreffion of him on the mind of the reader . Many others , of as trivial memory as Nireus , have been pre- ferved by Poets from oblivion ; but few ...
... Beauty : ' tis by a bare repetition of his name three times , which just leaves fome impreffion of him on the mind of the reader . Many others , of as trivial memory as Nireus , have been pre- ferved by Poets from oblivion ; but few ...
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon ancient anſwer Atrides beauty becauſe beſt cauſe Chalcis chief Chios compariſon criticks defcends defign deſcribes deſcription Euftathius expreffion fable facred faid fame fays fceptre feems fhall fhews fhips fhore fhould fide fimile fince firft firſt fome fpeech fpirit ftadia ftill ftories fubject fuch Goddeſs Gods greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks Heroes himſelf Homer honour Ibid Idomeneus Iliad imagine itſelf Jove Jupiter juſt King laſt Leo Allatius Lycurgus Macrobius Madam Dacier moft moſt muſt Neftor Nireus o'er obferved occafion paffage paffion Pauf Peneus perfons Phthiotis pleaſure Plutarch poem Poet poetry pow'r praiſe preferved Prieſt Princes promiſe Pteleon racter raiſe reaſon repreſenting rife ſays ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhore ſkies ſome ſpeak ſpoken ſtate Statius ſtill ſtory Strab ſtrength Suidas thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranflation Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſed verſe Virgil warriours whofe whoſe wiſdom καὶ