The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... may perform fuch a work , he must hope to please but a few ; thofe only who have at once a taste of poetry , and competent learning . For to fatisfy fuch as want either € 3 PREFACE . liii any rites or customs of antiquity: per- ...
... may perform fuch a work , he must hope to please but a few ; thofe only who have at once a taste of poetry , and competent learning . For to fatisfy fuch as want either € 3 PREFACE . liii any rites or customs of antiquity: per- ...
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... once been ftrained by fome dark writer , to fignify any thing different from its ufual acceptation ; it is frequent with them to apply it conftantly to that uncommon meaning , whenever they meet it in a clear writer : for reading is fo ...
... once been ftrained by fome dark writer , to fignify any thing different from its ufual acceptation ; it is frequent with them to apply it conftantly to that uncommon meaning , whenever they meet it in a clear writer : for reading is fo ...
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... once enjoy'd . Hence then ; to Argos fhall the maid retire , 45 Far from her native foil , and weeping fire . The trembling prieft along the fhore return'd , And in the anguish of a father mourn'd . senting a loose idea to the reader ...
... once enjoy'd . Hence then ; to Argos fhall the maid retire , 45 Far from her native foil , and weeping fire . The trembling prieft along the fhore return'd , And in the anguish of a father mourn'd . senting a loose idea to the reader ...
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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