The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... feems like his own Jupiter in his terrors , shak- ing Olympus , fcattering the lightnings , and firing the Heavens ; Virgil , like the fame power in his benevolence , coun- felling with the Gods , laying plans for empires , and ...
... feems like his own Jupiter in his terrors , shak- ing Olympus , fcattering the lightnings , and firing the Heavens ; Virgil , like the fame power in his benevolence , coun- felling with the Gods , laying plans for empires , and ...
Page 107
... feems " only a repetition of the fame arguments which Ulysses had " given before him : it might be done in encouragement to " the old man , in whom it might raise a concern to find his " fpeech not followed with fo general an applause ...
... feems " only a repetition of the fame arguments which Ulysses had " given before him : it might be done in encouragement to " the old man , in whom it might raise a concern to find his " fpeech not followed with fo general an applause ...
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... feemed poffible to be exceeded by any image drawn from nature . But Homer to raise it yet higher , has gone into the ... feems to tranfport him beyond the limits of an exact comparifon . And this daring manner is particular to our author ...
... feemed poffible to be exceeded by any image drawn from nature . But Homer to raise it yet higher , has gone into the ... feems to tranfport him beyond the limits of an exact comparifon . And this daring manner is particular to our author ...
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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