The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... head , but the fineft ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even with- out understanding them ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practised in the cafe of ...
... head , but the fineft ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verses , even with- out understanding them ( with the fame fort of diligence as we daily fee practised in the cafe of ...
Page 72
... head , And Juno flumber'd on the golden bed . 780 .778 . Then to their ftarry domes . ] The Aftrologers affign twelve houses to the Planets , wherein they are faid to have dominion . Now because Homer tells us Vulcan built a man- fion ...
... head , And Juno flumber'd on the golden bed . 780 .778 . Then to their ftarry domes . ] The Aftrologers affign twelve houses to the Planets , wherein they are faid to have dominion . Now because Homer tells us Vulcan built a man- fion ...
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... head . ] The whole action of the dream is beautifully natural , and agreeable to philofophy . It perches on his head , to intimate that part to be the feat of the foul : it is circumfufed about him , to ex- press that total poffeffion ...
... head . ] The whole action of the dream is beautifully natural , and agreeable to philofophy . It perches on his head , to intimate that part to be the feat of the foul : it is circumfufed about him , to ex- press that total poffeffion ...
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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