The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen 35Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... eye . Some accufe him for the fame things which they overlook or praise in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the Aneis to thofe of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which might fet the Odysses above the Æneis : as ...
... eye . Some accufe him for the fame things which they overlook or praise in the other ; as when they prefer the fable and moral of the Aneis to thofe of the Iliad , for the fame reasons which might fet the Odysses above the Æneis : as ...
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... eyes of one fort of criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and moft univerfal applauses , which holds the heart of a reader under the ftrongest enchantment . C 3 Homer Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry ...
... eyes of one fort of criticks : but that warmth of fancy will carry the loudest and moft univerfal applauses , which holds the heart of a reader under the ftrongest enchantment . C 3 Homer Homer not only appears the Inventor of poetry ...
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... eye - balls flash'd the living fire . Augur accurft ! denouncing mifchiefs ftill , Prophet of plagues , for ever boding ill ! 115 129 125 ijo Still must that tongue fome wounding meffage bring , And ftill thy prieftly pride provoke thy ...
... eye - balls flash'd the living fire . Augur accurft ! denouncing mifchiefs ftill , Prophet of plagues , for ever boding ill ! 115 129 125 ijo Still must that tongue fome wounding meffage bring , And ftill thy prieftly pride provoke thy ...
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... eyes . Defcends Minerva in her guardian care , A heavenly witness of the wrongs I bear From Atreus ' fon : then let those eyes that view The daring crime , behold the vengeance too . Forbear ! ( the progeny of Jove replies ) 26 270 To ...
... eyes . Defcends Minerva in her guardian care , A heavenly witness of the wrongs I bear From Atreus ' fon : then let those eyes that view The daring crime , behold the vengeance too . Forbear ! ( the progeny of Jove replies ) 26 270 To ...
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... eyes fhall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithóús ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? L. 345 850 With With thefe of old to ...
... eyes fhall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithóús ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? L. 345 850 With With thefe of old to ...
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Achilles Æneas againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands bold brave breaſt cauſe chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers courſe crown'd daring dart defcend Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhore fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flaughter flew fome foul fpear ftrength fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft hoftile Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus Iliad immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian Menelaus mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oïleus Pallas Pandarus Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince Pylian race rage raiſe rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhips ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes Virgil walls warriour whofe whoſe wound
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Página 1 - Thus his measures, instead of being fetters to his sense, were always in readiness to run along with the warmth of his rapture, and even to give a farther representation of his notions, in the correspondence of their sounds to what they signified.
Página 149 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Página 9 - I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned.
Página 8 - I must confess myself utterly incapable of doing justice to Homer. I attempt him in no other hope, but that which one may entertain without much vanity, of giving a more tolerable copy of him than any entire...
Página 17 - Tis ours the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine to look on, and bid the valiant die. So much 'tis safer through the camp to go, And rob a subject, than despoil a foe.
Página 123 - So spoke the god who darts celestial fires: He dreads his fury, and some steps retires. Then Phoebus bore the chief of Venus...
Página 6 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Página 3 - We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each: it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man...
Página 7 - Homer, and which, though it might be accommodated (as has been already shewn) to the ear of those times, is by no means so to ours: but one may wait for opportunities of placing them, where they derive an additional beauty from the occasions on which they are employed ; and in doing this properly, a translator may at once shew his fancy and his judgment.