The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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Page 13
... feem contrary to the human difpofition which Ho- mer before afcrib'd to him ; he therefore tells us , that Ulyffes ap- pear'd to him to be an object of divine vengeance , and that to give him affiftance would be to act against the will ...
... feem contrary to the human difpofition which Ho- mer before afcrib'd to him ; he therefore tells us , that Ulyffes ap- pear'd to him to be an object of divine vengeance , and that to give him affiftance would be to act against the will ...
Page 28
... feem both forgotten , and confequently he appears to neglect his own re- eftablishment , the chief defign of the Odyffey : What adds fome weight to this obfervation is , that his companions feem more fen- fible of his long abfence from ...
... feem both forgotten , and confequently he appears to neglect his own re- eftablishment , the chief defign of the Odyffey : What adds fome weight to this obfervation is , that his companions feem more fen- fible of his long abfence from ...
Page 55
... feem to juftifie the obfervation that Acheron was once the name of Avernus , tho ' the words are capable of a different in-- terpretation . If these remarks be true , it is probable that Homer does not neglect Geography , as moit ...
... feem to juftifie the obfervation that Acheron was once the name of Avernus , tho ' the words are capable of a different in-- terpretation . If these remarks be true , it is probable that Homer does not neglect Geography , as moit ...
Page 65
... feem all in the fame conditi- on : Whereas Virgil has an Hell for the wicked , and an Elyfium for the juft . Tho ' perhaps it may be a vindication of Homer to fay , that the notions of Virgil of a future ftate were different from these ...
... feem all in the fame conditi- on : Whereas Virgil has an Hell for the wicked , and an Elyfium for the juft . Tho ' perhaps it may be a vindication of Homer to fay , that the notions of Virgil of a future ftate were different from these ...
Page 74
... feem'd to moan , Tear follow'd tear , and groan fucceeded groan . But as my waving fword the blood furrounds , The fade withdrew , and mutter'd empty founds . There There as the wondrous vifion's I furvey'd , 95 All 74 HOMER'S ODYSSEY ...
... feem'd to moan , Tear follow'd tear , and groan fucceeded groan . But as my waving fword the blood furrounds , The fade withdrew , and mutter'd empty founds . There There as the wondrous vifion's I furvey'd , 95 All 74 HOMER'S ODYSSEY ...
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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