The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's Homer. The OdysseyH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Halaman 11
... only as it heightened the diction , but as it affifted and filled the numbers with greater found and pomp , and likewise conduced in some measure to thicken the images . images . On this last consideration I cannot but attri- PREFACE .
... only as it heightened the diction , but as it affifted and filled the numbers with greater found and pomp , and likewise conduced in some measure to thicken the images . images . On this last consideration I cannot but attri- PREFACE .
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... some- times fink to fufpicion , fo may a great judgment decline to coldness ; and as magnanimity may run up to pro- fufion or extravagance , fo may a great invention to re- Idundancy or wildnefs . If we look upon Homer in this view , we ...
... some- times fink to fufpicion , fo may a great judgment decline to coldness ; and as magnanimity may run up to pro- fufion or extravagance , fo may a great invention to re- Idundancy or wildnefs . If we look upon Homer in this view , we ...
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... 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 Eneis to thofe of the Iliad , for the fame reafons which might fet the Odyffes above the Æneis : as that the ...
... 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 Eneis to thofe of the Iliad , for the fame reafons which might fet the Odyffes above the Æneis : as that the ...
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... some of his translators have fallen ) cannot be allowable ; those only excepted , without which it is impoffible to treat the fubjects in any living language . There are two peculiarities in Homer's diction which are a fort of marks ...
... some of his translators have fallen ) cannot be allowable ; those only excepted , without which it is impoffible to treat the fubjects in any living language . There are two peculiarities in Homer's diction which are a fort of marks ...
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... Some that cannot be fo turned as to preserve their full image by one or two words , may have juftice done them by circumlocution ; as the epithet sinipunnos to a mountain , would appear little or ridiculous tranf- lated literally " leaf ...
... Some that cannot be fo turned as to preserve their full image by one or two words , may have juftice done them by circumlocution ; as the epithet sinipunnos to a mountain , would appear little or ridiculous tranf- lated literally " leaf ...
Istilah dan frasa umum
Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcend Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhips fhore fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft hoftile Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian maid Menelaus mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince proud Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhield ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wiſdom wound
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Halaman 197 - 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 262 - O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver...
Halaman 10 - ... together by the extent and fecundity of his imagination ; to which all things, in their various views, presented themselves in an instant, and had their impressions taken off to perfection at a heat...
Halaman 224 - This from the right to left the herald bears, Held out in order to the Grecian peers ; Each to his rival yields the mark unknown, Till godlike Ajax finds the lot his own ; Surveys th...
Halaman 29 - 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.
Halaman 33 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Halaman 239 - The heavens attentive trembled as he spoke: "Celestial states! immortal gods! give ear, Hear our decree, and reverence what ye hear; The fix'd decree which not all heaven can move; Thou, fate! fulfil it! and, ye powers, approve!
Halaman 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
Halaman 6 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?