The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... character of a great author , leffen the dignity of their fub- ject by infifting too meanly upon little particu- larities . They imagine it the part of an histo- rian to omit nothing they meet with , concern- ing him ; and gather every ...
... character of a great author , leffen the dignity of their fub- ject by infifting too meanly upon little particu- larities . They imagine it the part of an histo- rian to omit nothing they meet with , concern- ing him ; and gather every ...
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... character of Achilles , which might shock him in feveral particulars following . We fhould know that the Poet rather studied nature than perfection , in the laying down his characters . He refolved to fing the confequences of anger ; he ...
... character of Achilles , which might shock him in feveral particulars following . We fhould know that the Poet rather studied nature than perfection , in the laying down his characters . He refolved to fing the confequences of anger ; he ...
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... character to bear a malevolence to the best men . What is farther ob- fervable is , that Therfites is never heard of after this his first appearance : fuch a fcandalous character is to be taken no more notice of , than just to fhew that ...
... character to bear a malevolence to the best men . What is farther ob- fervable is , that Therfites is never heard of after this his first appearance : fuch a fcandalous character is to be taken no more notice of , than just to fhew that ...
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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