 Thus having said, the gallant chiefs alight, Their hands they join, their mutual faith they plight ; Brave Glaucus then each narrow thought resign'd, (Jove warm'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind,) For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine...  Works: In English Verse - Page 83by Horace - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Homer - 1853 - 364 pages
...each narrow thought resign'd, 290 (Jove warm'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind,) For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid, (a vulgar price,) He gave his own, of gold divinely wrought,11 A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought. Meantime the guardian of the Trojan state,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...each narrow thought resign'd (Jove warm'd his bosom and enlarged his mind), • For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid (a...own, of gold divinely wrought, A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought." COWPER. " So they — and from their chariots to the ground Descending, joined... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...then each narrow thought resign'd (Jove warm'd his bosom and enlarged his mind), For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid (a...own, of gold divinely wrought, A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought." COWPER. " So they — and from their chariots to the ground Descending, joined... | |
 | S. Bertram Browne - 1859 - 106 pages
...Diomed as a token of friendship, their value is thus described by " Homer:"— " For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid (a...own of gold divinely wrought; A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought." Among all savage nations their rude weapons, whether intended for war or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...then each narrow thought resign'd, (Jove wann'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind) For Diomed's brass h blushes, Paris breaks : " 'Tis just, my brother, what your anger speaks : But who like thce shining purchase bought. Meantime the guardian of the Trojan state, Great Hector, enter'd at the St-sean... | |
 | Henry Stafford Osborn - Palestine - 1859 - 648 pages
...is referred to in Homer, II. 0. " For Diomed's brass arms of mean device, For which of oxen paid, fa vulgar price.) He gave his own. of gold divinely wrought : A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought." — PopJl Translation. See the same and more in Purver,crit. trans., in loco,... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1862 - 576 pages
...then each narrow thouyhl retiyn'd, (Jove warm'd hiť bosom and enlarj'd hit mind) ; For Diomed's brass arms of mean device, For which nine oxen paid (a vulgar...own of gold divinely wrought, A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought." We may take another example of the homely parts of Homer, the merriment of... | |
 | 1862 - 556 pages
...then each narrow thought mt'jn'd, (Jove warm'd hie bosom and enlarg'd his mind) ; For Diomed's brass arms of mean device, For which nine oxen paid (a vulgar...own of gold divinely wrought, A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought." We may take another example of the Jiamely parts of Homer, the merriment... | |
 | George Fyler Townesend - Leominster (England) - 1863 - 394 pages
...almost all the ancient demesnes belonging to his See ; and to take, in lieu of * For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device ; For which nine oxen paid (a...own, of gold divinely wrought, A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought. them, the tithes of certain Parishes. Leominster was one of these Parishes... | |
 | Homerus - 1870 - 552 pages
...each narrow thought resigned 290 (Jove warmed his bosom and enlarged his mind) : For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid (a...price), He gave his own, of gold divinely wrought ; 295 A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought. Meantime the guardian of the Trojan state, Great... | |
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