The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... Fable . That which Ariftotle calls the Soul of poetry , was firft breathed into it by Homer . I fhall begin with ... Fable may be divided into the probable , the allegorical , and the marvellous . The probable fable is the recital of ...
... Fable . That which Ariftotle calls the Soul of poetry , was firft breathed into it by Homer . I fhall begin with ... Fable may be divided into the probable , the allegorical , and the marvellous . The probable fable is the recital of ...
Page xxxix
... defect ; which is no less in danger to lose the spirit of an ancient , by deviating into the modern manners of expreffion . If there be fometimes a dark- nefs , b 4 PREFACE . xxxix Poem, fuch as the fable, manners, and ...
... defect ; which is no less in danger to lose the spirit of an ancient , by deviating into the modern manners of expreffion . If there be fometimes a dark- nefs , b 4 PREFACE . xxxix Poem, fuch as the fable, manners, and ...
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... fable , one would be apt to imagine it infinuated his contracting a blindness by too intense an appli- cation while he wrote his Iliad . But it is a very pompous way of letting us into the knowledge of fo fhort a truth : it looks as if ...
... fable , one would be apt to imagine it infinuated his contracting a blindness by too intense an appli- cation while he wrote his Iliad . But it is a very pompous way of letting us into the knowledge of fo fhort a truth : it looks as if ...
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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