The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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الصفحة 3
... those are imperfect or neglected , this can overpower criticism , and make us admire even while we disapprove . Nay , where this appears , though attended with abfur- dities , it brightens all the rubbish about it , till we fee nothing ...
... those are imperfect or neglected , this can overpower criticism , and make us admire even while we disapprove . Nay , where this appears , though attended with abfur- dities , it brightens all the rubbish about it , till we fee nothing ...
الصفحة 4
... to be found even in those poems whose schemes are of the utmost latitude and irregularity . The action is hurried on with the most vehement spirit , and its whole duration employs not fo much as fifty days its 4 PREFACE .
... to be found even in those poems whose schemes are of the utmost latitude and irregularity . The action is hurried on with the most vehement spirit , and its whole duration employs not fo much as fifty days its 4 PREFACE .
الصفحة 5
... those of Archemoras . If Ulyf- fes vifits the fhades , the neas of Virgil , and Scipio of Silius , are fent after him . If he be detained from his return by the allurements of Calypfo , fo is Æneas by Dido , and Rinaldo by Armida . If ...
... those of Archemoras . If Ulyf- fes vifits the fhades , the neas of Virgil , and Scipio of Silius , are fent after him . If he be detained from his return by the allurements of Calypfo , fo is Æneas by Dido , and Rinaldo by Armida . If ...
الصفحة 6
... those innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and physical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally fuppofed to have wrapped up in his Allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this confi- deration afford us ! how ...
... those innumerable knowledges , thofe fecrets of nature and physical philosophy , which Homer is gene- rally fuppofed to have wrapped up in his Allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this confi- deration afford us ! how ...
الصفحة 9
... those who utter them . As there is more variety of characters in the Iliad , fo there is of fpeeches , than in any other poem . Every thing in it has manners ( as Ariftotle expresses it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is ...
... those who utter them . As there is more variety of characters in the Iliad , fo there is of fpeeches , than in any other poem . Every thing in it has manners ( as Ariftotle expresses it ) that is , every thing is acted or spoken . It is ...
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcends Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhades 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 mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhield ſhining ſhips ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoil ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood ſtrong thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wound
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الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 13 - 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 268 - But thou, O king, to council call the old; Great is thy sway, and weighty are thy cares; Thy high commands must spirit all our wars. With Thracian wines recruit thy honour'd guests, For happy counsels flow from sober feasts.
الصفحة 1 - Nature to more regularity, and such a figure, which the common eye may better take in, and is therefore more entertained with. And perhaps the reason why common...
الصفحة 5 - If he has given a regular catalogue of an army, they all draw up their forces in the same order.
الصفحة 2 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
الصفحة 30 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
الصفحة 239 - Olympus' cloudy tops arise. The sire of gods his awful silence broke, 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...