The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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Homer. of men at what they confider in a view of per- fection . But neither have all the same tafte , nor do they equally fubmit to the fuperiority of others , nor bear that human nature , which they know to be ... confider in a view of ...
Homer. of men at what they confider in a view of per- fection . But neither have all the same tafte , nor do they equally fubmit to the fuperiority of others , nor bear that human nature , which they know to be ... confider in a view of ...
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... confider , that there are no histo- ́rians of his time , ( or none handed down to us ) who have mentioned him ; and that he has never spoken plainly of himself , in those works which have been afcribed to him without controverfy ...
... confider , that there are no histo- ́rians of his time , ( or none handed down to us ) who have mentioned him ; and that he has never spoken plainly of himself , in those works which have been afcribed to him without controverfy ...
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... confider how far it may be allowed , or rather praised for a beauty , when we confider with Euftathius that it is a moft . natural effect of anger to be full of words , and infifting on that which galls us . We e may add , that these ...
... confider how far it may be allowed , or rather praised for a beauty , when we confider with Euftathius that it is a moft . natural effect of anger to be full of words , and infifting on that which galls us . We e may add , that these ...
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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