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Page xxxvii
... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of Po- etry itself ) remains unequaled by his fol- lowers , he still continues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may commit fewer faults , and ...
... honour of the chief Invention ; and as long as this ( which is indeed the characteristic of Po- etry itself ) remains unequaled by his fol- lowers , he still continues fuperior to them . A cooler judgment may commit fewer faults , and ...
Page cxiv
... honour- " ed it with a place in education and musical contests , that by often hearing it we should have a notion of an original enmity between " us and those nations ; and that admiring the " virtue of those who fought at Troy , we ...
... honour- " ed it with a place in education and musical contests , that by often hearing it we should have a notion of an original enmity between " us and those nations ; and that admiring the " virtue of those who fought at Troy , we ...
Page 48
... honour to him and the other is parted unwillingly , and be- caufe his General takes her by force , the action reflects a dif- honour upon him . pro- . 464. The Thundrer ow'd . ] This alludes to a ftory which Achilles tells the ...
... honour to him and the other is parted unwillingly , and be- caufe his General takes her by force , the action reflects a dif- honour upon him . pro- . 464. The Thundrer ow'd . ] This alludes to a ftory which Achilles tells the ...
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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