The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... things are too luxuriant , it is ow- ing to the richness of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfection ... thing lives , and is put in action . If a council be called , or a battle fought , you are not coldly in- formed A 3 ...
... things are too luxuriant , it is ow- ing to the richness of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfection ... thing lives , and is put in action . If a council be called , or a battle fought , you are not coldly in- formed A 3 ...
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... thing left which might have the least appearance of information . Upon the fearch , they find no re- mains but his name and works , and refolve to tor- ture these upon the rack of invention , in order to give fome account of the person ...
... thing left which might have the least appearance of information . Upon the fearch , they find no re- mains but his name and works , and refolve to tor- ture these upon the rack of invention , in order to give fome account of the person ...
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... thing rather than critical and poetical . Even the Grammarians , tho ' their whole business and ufe be only to render the words of an au- thor intelligible , are ftrangely touched with the pride of doing fomething more than they ought ...
... thing rather than critical and poetical . Even the Grammarians , tho ' their whole business and ufe be only to render the words of an au- thor intelligible , are ftrangely touched with the pride of doing fomething more than they ought ...
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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