The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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Página 45
... tent I'll feize the blooming prize , 240 Thy lov'd Brifeïs with the radiant eyes . 245 Hence shalt thou prove my might , and curfe the hour , Thou stood'st a rival of imperial power ; And hence to all our hoft it shall be known , That ...
... tent I'll feize the blooming prize , 240 Thy lov'd Brifeïs with the radiant eyes . 245 Hence shalt thou prove my might , and curfe the hour , Thou stood'st a rival of imperial power ; And hence to all our hoft it shall be known , That ...
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... tents his hollow veffels lay . Mean time Atrides launch'd with numerous oars A well - rigg'd fhip for Chryfa's facred fhores : High on the deck was fair Chriseïs plac'd , And fage Ulyffes with the conduct grac'd ; Safe in her fides the ...
... tents his hollow veffels lay . Mean time Atrides launch'd with numerous oars A well - rigg'd fhip for Chryfa's facred fhores : High on the deck was fair Chriseïs plac'd , And fage Ulyffes with the conduct grac'd ; Safe in her fides the ...
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... tent ( he cries ) Thence bear Brifeïs as our royal prize : Submit he muft ; or , if they will not part , Ourself in arms fhall tear her from his heart . 415 420 425 Th ' unwilling heralds act their lord's commands ; Pensive they walk ...
... tent ( he cries ) Thence bear Brifeïs as our royal prize : Submit he muft ; or , if they will not part , Ourself in arms fhall tear her from his heart . 415 420 425 Th ' unwilling heralds act their lord's commands ; Pensive they walk ...
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... tents in mingled prospect lay .. But raging ftill , amidst his navy fate The ftern Achilles , ftedfast in his hate ; Nor mix'd in combat , nor in council join'd ; But wafting cares lay heavy on his mind : In his black thoughts revenge ...
... tents in mingled prospect lay .. But raging ftill , amidst his navy fate The ftern Achilles , ftedfast in his hate ; Nor mix'd in combat , nor in council join'd ; But wafting cares lay heavy on his mind : In his black thoughts revenge ...
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... tents the Grecian leaders lie , Th ' Immortals flumber'd on their thrones above ; All , but the ever - wakeful eyes of ... tent repair . Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , Lead all his Grecians to the dufty plain . Declare ...
... tents the Grecian leaders lie , Th ' Immortals flumber'd on their thrones above ; All , but the ever - wakeful eyes of ... tent repair . Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , Lead all his Grecians to the dufty plain . Declare ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt cauſe chariot chief counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcending Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand fteeds ftill ftrength ftrong fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian Menelaus mighty monarch moſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince Pylian race rage reft rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhare ſhips ſhore Simoïs ſkies ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood Teucer thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wound
Pasajes populares
Página 195 - 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 pass'd away.
Página 21 - Homer, and that of his work ; but when they come to assign the causes of the great reputation of the Iliad, they found it upon the ignorance of his times and the prejudice of...
Página 208 - My soul impels me to the embattled plains! Let me be foremost to defend the throne, And guard my father's glories, and my own. "Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Página 15 - 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 132 - Apollo's altars in his native town. Now with full force the yielding horn he bends, Drawn to an arch, and joins the doubling ends ; (.'lose to his breast he strains the nerve below, Till the barb'd point approach the circling bow ; The impatient weapon whizzes on the wing ; Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string.
Página 26 - far-shooting," is capable of two explications, one literal in respect of the darts and bow, the ensigns of that god, the other allegorical with regard to the rays of the sun; therefore in such places where Apollo is represented as a god in person, I would use the former interpretation, and where the effects of the sun are described, I would make choice of the latter.
Página 14 - Nothing is more absurd or endless, than the common method of comparing eminent writers by an opposition of particular passages in them, and forming a judgment from thence of their merit upon the whole.
Página 33 - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Página 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Página 5 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other epic poets have...