The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... thou poffeft of thine ? because on the one fide valour is the darling quality of Epic Poetry ; and on the other , anger the particular fubject of this Poem . When characters thus mixed are well conducted , though they be not morally ...
... thou poffeft of thine ? because on the one fide valour is the darling quality of Epic Poetry ; and on the other , anger the particular fubject of this Poem . When characters thus mixed are well conducted , though they be not morally ...
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... thou art , to yield thy captive fair : Ev'n in thy tent I'll feize the blooming prize , 245 Thy lov'd Brifeis with the radiant eyes . Hence fhalt thou prove my might , and curse the hour , Thou ftood'ft a rival of imperial pow'r ; And ...
... thou art , to yield thy captive fair : Ev'n in thy tent I'll feize the blooming prize , 245 Thy lov'd Brifeis with the radiant eyes . Hence fhalt thou prove my might , and curse the hour , Thou ftood'ft a rival of imperial pow'r ; And ...
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... Thou dog in forehead , but in heart a deer ! When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 . 298. Thou dog in forehead . ] It has been one of the ob- jections against the manners of ...
... Thou dog in forehead , but in heart a deer ! When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 . 298. Thou dog in forehead . ] It has been one of the ob- jections against the manners of ...
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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