The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and OdysseySamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... bold and lofty , let us raife ours as high as we can ; but where his is plain and humble , we ought not to be deterred from imitating him by the fear of incurring the cenfure of a mere English critick . No- thing that belongs to Homer ...
... bold and lofty , let us raife ours as high as we can ; but where his is plain and humble , we ought not to be deterred from imitating him by the fear of incurring the cenfure of a mere English critick . No- thing that belongs to Homer ...
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... bold a manner , that one may think he deviated on purpose , if he did not in other places of his notes in- fift so much upon verbal trifles . He appears to have had a strong affectation of extracting new meanings out of his author ...
... bold a manner , that one may think he deviated on purpose , if he did not in other places of his notes in- fift so much upon verbal trifles . He appears to have had a strong affectation of extracting new meanings out of his author ...
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... bold rebellion fhook the realms above , Th ' undaunted guard of cloud - compelling Jove . When the bright partner of his awful reign , The warlike maid , the monarch of the main , The traitor - gods , by mad ambition driven , 520 Durst ...
... bold rebellion fhook the realms above , Th ' undaunted guard of cloud - compelling Jove . When the bright partner of his awful reign , The warlike maid , the monarch of the main , The traitor - gods , by mad ambition driven , 520 Durst ...
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... bold Elphenor , fierce in arms , commands . Full fifty more from Athens stem the main , 655 Led by Menestheus through the liquid plain , ( Athens the fair , where great Erectheus sway'd , That ow'd his nurture to the blue - eyed Maid ...
... bold Elphenor , fierce in arms , commands . Full fifty more from Athens stem the main , 655 Led by Menestheus through the liquid plain , ( Athens the fair , where great Erectheus sway'd , That ow'd his nurture to the blue - eyed Maid ...
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... bold fons of great Evenus flew . There mourn'd Achilles , plung'd in depth of care , Next thirty galleys cleave the liquid plain , Of those Calydnĉ's fea - girt ifles contain ; With them the youth of Nyfyrus repair , Cafus the strong ...
... bold fons of great Evenus flew . There mourn'd Achilles , plung'd in depth of care , Next thirty galleys cleave the liquid plain , Of those Calydnĉ's fea - girt ifles contain ; With them the youth of Nyfyrus repair , Cafus the strong ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous Antilochus arms Atrides bold brave breast cauſe chief cloſe courſe crown'd death defcends divine dreadful Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fide fierce fight filver fire firſt flain flames flies foft fome forrows foul fuch glory Goddess Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand heart Heaven Hector hero honours Ilion Jove juſt king laſt leſs loft lord mighty moſt Muſe muſt numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe preſent Priam prince queen race rage reft reſt rife riſe round ſay ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhips ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſome ſpeak ſpear ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſprings ſtand ſtate ſtay ſteeds ſtern ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrong ſuch tears Telemachus thee theſe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes verſe whoſe wife woes wound youth
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Page 374 - The strength he gains is from th' embrace he gives. On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at once their circle round the sun; So two consistent motions act the soul; And one regards itself, and one the whole. Thus God and nature link'd the gen'ral frame, And bade self-love and social be the same.
Page 388 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.
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