The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... Invention remains yet unrivaled . Nor is it a won- der if he has ever been acknowledged the greatest of poets , who moft excelled in that which is the foundation of po- etry . It is the Invention that in diffe- rent degrees ...
... Invention remains yet unrivaled . Nor is it a won- der if he has ever been acknowledged the greatest of poets , who moft excelled in that which is the foundation of po- etry . It is the Invention that in diffe- rent degrees ...
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... Invention remains yet unrivaled . Nor is it a won- der if he has ever been acknowledged the greatest of poets , who most excelled in that which is the very foundation of po- etry . It is the Invention that in diffe- rent degrees ...
... Invention remains yet unrivaled . Nor is it a won- der if he has ever been acknowledged the greatest of poets , who most excelled in that which is the very foundation of po- etry . It is the Invention that in diffe- rent degrees ...
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... invention , Virgil has in judgment . Not that we are to think Homer wanted judgment , because Virgil had it in a more eminent degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention , because Homer possest a larger share of it : each of these great ...
... invention , Virgil has in judgment . Not that we are to think Homer wanted judgment , because Virgil had it in a more eminent degree ; or that Virgil wanted invention , because Homer possest a larger share of it : each of these great ...
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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