The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... particular view , to beautify and perfect his numbers : he confidered these as they had a greater mixture of vowels or confonants , and accordingly employed them as the verse required ei- ther a greater smoothness or strength . What he ...
... particular view , to beautify and perfect his numbers : he confidered these as they had a greater mixture of vowels or confonants , and accordingly employed them as the verse required ei- ther a greater smoothness or strength . What he ...
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... particular parties , or the vanities of particular men . What- ever the success may prove , I fhall never repent of an undertaking in which I have experienced the candour and friendship 1 of fo many perfons of merit ; and in lviii PREFACE .
... particular parties , or the vanities of particular men . What- ever the success may prove , I fhall never repent of an undertaking in which I have experienced the candour and friendship 1 of fo many perfons of merit ; and in lviii PREFACE .
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... particular example of the strength of this opinion from the conduct of So- phocles in his Ajax ; who thought this very point fufficient to make the diftress of the last act of that tragedy , which is ex- tended after the death of his ...
... particular example of the strength of this opinion from the conduct of So- phocles in his Ajax ; who thought this very point fufficient to make the diftress of the last act of that tragedy , which is ex- tended after the death of his ...
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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