The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... reader's morals , that where he speaks of evil actions committed , or hard words given , he generally characterises them as fuch by a previous expreffion . This paffage is given as one instance of it , where he fays the repulfe of ...
... reader's morals , that where he speaks of evil actions committed , or hard words given , he generally characterises them as fuch by a previous expreffion . This paffage is given as one instance of it , where he fays the repulfe of ...
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... reader had been juft before informed ; and efpecially when we are given to understand it was no way neceffary , by what A- chilles fays at the beginning , that Thetis knew the whole flory already . As to repeating the fame lines , a ...
... reader had been juft before informed ; and efpecially when we are given to understand it was no way neceffary , by what A- chilles fays at the beginning , that Thetis knew the whole flory already . As to repeating the fame lines , a ...
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... reader . Many others , of as trivial memory as Nireus , have been pre- ferved by Poets from oblivion ; but few Poets have ever done this favour to want of merit , with fo much judgment . De- metrius Phalereus περί Ερμηνείας , feat . 61 ...
... reader . Many others , of as trivial memory as Nireus , have been pre- ferved by Poets from oblivion ; but few Poets have ever done this favour to want of merit , with fo much judgment . De- metrius Phalereus περί Ερμηνείας , feat . 61 ...
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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