The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... most rapid , and yet the most smooth imaginable . Thus on whatever fide we contemplate Homer , what principally ftrikes us is his invention . It is that which forms the character of each part of his work ; and accordingly we find it to ...
... most rapid , and yet the most smooth imaginable . Thus on whatever fide we contemplate Homer , what principally ftrikes us is his invention . It is that which forms the character of each part of his work ; and accordingly we find it to ...
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... most ancient state of Poetry in Greece ; that no one was honoured with the name of Poet , before him whom it has especially belonged to ever after . And if we farther appeal to the confent of authors , we find he has other titles for ...
... most ancient state of Poetry in Greece ; that no one was honoured with the name of Poet , before him whom it has especially belonged to ever after . And if we farther appeal to the confent of authors , we find he has other titles for ...
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... most likely to prevail upon them to ftay ; the most open " term of difgrace he could poffibly have used : it is the same " which Juno makes ufe of to Minerva , Minerva to Ulyffes , " and Ulyffes again to the troops , to diffuade their ...
... most likely to prevail upon them to ftay ; the most open " term of difgrace he could poffibly have used : it is the same " which Juno makes ufe of to Minerva , Minerva to Ulyffes , " and Ulyffes again to the troops , to diffuade their ...
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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