The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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... Epic Poetry . But it may be ask'd , does not Homer offend against all de- grees of probability in thefe Epifodes of the Sirens , Scylla and Charybdis , Cyclops and Antiphates ? How are thefe incredible stories to be reduc'd into the ...
... Epic Poetry . But it may be ask'd , does not Homer offend against all de- grees of probability in thefe Epifodes of the Sirens , Scylla and Charybdis , Cyclops and Antiphates ? How are thefe incredible stories to be reduc'd into the ...
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... Epic Poetry appear a Conve- nience , if not a neceffity of every incident ; it may therefore be ask'd what Neceffity there is for this defcent of Ulyffes into hell , to confult the fhade of Tirefias ? Could not Circe , who was a God ...
... Epic Poetry appear a Conve- nience , if not a neceffity of every incident ; it may therefore be ask'd what Neceffity there is for this defcent of Ulyffes into hell , to confult the fhade of Tirefias ? Could not Circe , who was a God ...
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... Epic Poetry , but alfo from the general conduct of Ulyffes , who at the fight of Elpenor burfts into tears , and compaffionates the fate of his friend . Is there any thing in this that looks like raillery ? if there be , we must confefs ...
... Epic Poetry , but alfo from the general conduct of Ulyffes , who at the fight of Elpenor burfts into tears , and compaffionates the fate of his friend . Is there any thing in this that looks like raillery ? if there be , we must confefs ...
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... Epic Poetry . By this method the Poet brings upon the ftage , thofe very perfons who perform'd the action he reprefents : he makes them fpeak and act over again the words and actions they poke or perform'd before , and in fome fort ...
... Epic Poetry . By this method the Poet brings upon the ftage , thofe very perfons who perform'd the action he reprefents : he makes them fpeak and act over again the words and actions they poke or perform'd before , and in fome fort ...
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... Epic Poetry allows . " The Marvellous ( fays Arif- " totle in his Poetics ) ought to take place in Tragedy , but much " more in the Epic , in which it proceeds even to the extrava- gant ; for the Marvellous is always agreeable , and a ...
... Epic Poetry allows . " The Marvellous ( fays Arif- " totle in his Poetics ) ought to take place in Tragedy , but much " more in the Epic , in which it proceeds even to the extrava- gant ; for the Marvellous is always agreeable , and a ...
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Alcinous almoſt anſwers Antients becauſe beſt call'd cauſe Charybdis Circe coaft companions confequently courſe Dacier death deſcends deſcribes deſcription dire divine dreadful Elpenor Epiſodes eſpecially Euftathius Eumans Eumaus Eurylochus Eurypylus Ev'n ev'ry expreſs fable faid fame fate feaſt fignifies firſt flain fleep foul gives Goddess Gods gueſt heav'n Hell herds Heroe Hiftory himſelf Homer honour Iliad inſtance Iſland Jove King laſt leſs moſt muſt night o'er obſerves Odyffey Odyssey Orchomenos paſſage perſon Phaacians pleaſing pleaſure Plutarch Poet Poetry pow'r preſent reaſon repreſented reſt riſe rocks roſe ſaid ſame ſays ſcene Scylla ſea ſee ſeems ſenſe ſet ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhews ſhip ſhore ſhort ſhould ſome ſpace ſpeaks ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtorms ſtory Strabo ſtranger ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed ſwift Symplegades Telemachus thee theſe thoſe thou thro tranſlated tranſport Ulyffes Ulyſſes uſed verſe veſſel Virgil whoſe winds woes words καὶ