The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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Halaman 3
... heaven : but in Ho- mer , and in him only , it burns every where clearly , and every where irrefiftibly . : I fhall here endeavour to fhew , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all ...
... heaven : but in Ho- mer , and in him only , it burns every where clearly , and every where irrefiftibly . : I fhall here endeavour to fhew , how this vaft Inven- tion exerts itself in a manner fuperior to that of any poet , through all ...
Halaman 41
... stain'd , Is Heaven offended , and a prieft profan'd ; Because my prize , my beauteous maid I hold , And heavenly charms prefer to proffer'd gold ? 135 140 A maid , A maid , unmatch'd in manners as in face , ILIAD , Book I.
... stain'd , Is Heaven offended , and a prieft profan'd ; Because my prize , my beauteous maid I hold , And heavenly charms prefer to proffer'd gold ? 135 140 A maid , A maid , unmatch'd in manners as in face , ILIAD , Book I.
Halaman 45
... Heaven that strength bestow'd , For know , vain man ! thy valour is from God . Hafte , launch thy veffels , fly with speed away , Rule thy own realms with arbitrary sway : I heed thee not , but prize at equal rate 235 Thy fhort - liv'd ...
... Heaven that strength bestow'd , For know , vain man ! thy valour is from God . Hafte , launch thy veffels , fly with speed away , Rule thy own realms with arbitrary sway : I heed thee not , but prize at equal rate 235 Thy fhort - liv'd ...
Halaman 46
... Heaven . The force of keen reproaches let him feel , But fheath , obedient , thy revenging steel . For I pronounce ( and truft a heavenly Power ) Thy injur'd honour has its fated hour . 280 When the proud monarch shall thy arms implore ...
... Heaven . The force of keen reproaches let him feel , But fheath , obedient , thy revenging steel . For I pronounce ( and truft a heavenly Power ) Thy injur'd honour has its fated hour . 280 When the proud monarch shall thy arms implore ...
Halaman 50
... Heaven ? Here on the monarch's fpeech Achilles broke , And furious , thus , and interrupting spoke : Tyrant , I well deferv'd thy galling chain , To live thy flave , and ftill to ferve in vain ; Should I fubmit to each unjust decree ...
... Heaven ? Here on the monarch's fpeech Achilles broke , And furious , thus , and interrupting spoke : Tyrant , I well deferv'd thy galling chain , To live thy flave , and ftill to ferve in vain ; Should I fubmit to each unjust decree ...
Istilah dan frasa umum
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
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Halaman 5 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other epic poets have...