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... Charybdis , Cyclops and Antiphates ? How are thefe incredible stories to be reduc'd into the bounds of probability ? ' tis true , the Mar- vellous ought to be used in Epic Poetry ; but ought it to tranfgrefs all power of belief ...
... Charybdis , Cyclops and Antiphates ? How are thefe incredible stories to be reduc'd into the bounds of probability ? ' tis true , the Mar- vellous ought to be used in Epic Poetry ; but ought it to tranfgrefs all power of belief ...
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... Charybdis , of the Oxen of Phabus , and the Sirens ; but fays nothing concern- ing his death : This likewife gives an air of probability to the re- lation . The Ifle of Circe was adjoining to Scylla and Charybdis , & c . and ...
... Charybdis , of the Oxen of Phabus , and the Sirens ; but fays nothing concern- ing his death : This likewife gives an air of probability to the re- lation . The Ifle of Circe was adjoining to Scylla and Charybdis , & c . and ...
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Homer. THE TWELFTH BOOK OF THE ODYSSEY . THE The ARGUMENT . The Sirens , Scylla , and Charybdis.
Homer. THE TWELFTH BOOK OF THE ODYSSEY . THE The ARGUMENT . The Sirens , Scylla , and Charybdis.
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Homer. The ARGUMENT . The Sirens , Scylla , and Charybdis . He relates , how after his return from the Shades , he was fent by Circe on his voyage , by the coaft of the Sirens , and by the ftreight of Scylla and Cha- rybdis : The manner ...
Homer. The ARGUMENT . The Sirens , Scylla , and Charybdis . He relates , how after his return from the Shades , he was fent by Circe on his voyage , by the coaft of the Sirens , and by the ftreight of Scylla and Cha- rybdis : The manner ...
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... Charybdis , of Polypheme and Antiphates to Ulyffes , tho ' that Heroe had been as unacquainted with those dangers , as Eneas was in reality with Dido ; the choice of the Epifodes being not effential , but arbitrary . In short , it is ...
... Charybdis , of Polypheme and Antiphates to Ulyffes , tho ' that Heroe had been as unacquainted with those dangers , as Eneas was in reality with Dido ; the choice of the Epifodes being not effential , but arbitrary . In short , it is ...
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Alcinous Anticlea Antients becauſe breaft caft call'd Charybdis Cimmerians Circe coaft companions confequently Dacier darkneſs death defcends defcribes defcription dire divine dreadful Epic Poetry Euftathius Eumans Eumaus Eurylochus Eurypylus ev'ry exprefs fable facred fafe faid fame fate fays feaft feem felf fenfe fhade fhall fhews fhip fhore fhould fignifies filence firft firſt flain fleep fome foul fpeaks ftand ftill ftory fuch gives Goddeſs Gods heav'n Hell herds Herodotus Heroe Hiftory himſelf Homer honour Ifland Iliad infernal inftance Jove King land Lipara loft moſt muſt Neptune night o'er obferves occafion Odyffey Orchomenos paffage perfon Phaacians Phorcys pleaſure Plutarch Poet Poetry pow'r prefent reafon reft reprefents rife rocks Scylla ſhe ſhore ſpeaks Strabo Symplegades Telegonus Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tirefias tranflated Ulyffes Ulyſſes underſtood uſed veffel verfe verſes Virgil whofe wife winds Wiſdom woes words καὶ