The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... his original writings , as in the tragedy of Bussy d'Amboise , & c . In a word , the nature of the man may account for his whole performance ; for VOL . I. he appcars from his preface and remarks to have been PREFAC E. xlix.
... his original writings , as in the tragedy of Bussy d'Amboise , & c . In a word , the nature of the man may account for his whole performance ; for VOL . I. he appcars from his preface and remarks to have been PREFAC E. xlix.
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... remarks that any way concern the poetry , or art of the poet , are much fewer than is imagined . The greater part of these is already plundered by fucceeding commentators , who have very little ` but what they owe to him and I am ...
... remarks that any way concern the poetry , or art of the poet , are much fewer than is imagined . The greater part of these is already plundered by fucceeding commentators , who have very little ` but what they owe to him and I am ...
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... remarks , that all the perfons who are named by Homer in his catalogue , are afterwards intro- duced in his battles , and whenever any others are killed , he mentions only a multitude in general . Whereas Virgil ( he continues ) has ...
... remarks , that all the perfons who are named by Homer in his catalogue , are afterwards intro- duced in his battles , and whenever any others are killed , he mentions only a multitude in general . Whereas Virgil ( he continues ) has ...
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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