The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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... fhews that he was ap- prehenfive of danger ? had he more fear than the reft of the com- pany ? No ; but a greater forefight ; a wife man provides as far as lies within his power againft all contingencies , and the event fhews , that his ...
... fhews that he was ap- prehenfive of danger ? had he more fear than the reft of the com- pany ? No ; but a greater forefight ; a wife man provides as far as lies within his power againft all contingencies , and the event fhews , that his ...
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... fhews the bravery of Ulyffes , who puts himself upon a level with the meaneft of his foldiers , and is ready to expofe his perfon to an equality of danger . Ulyffes divides his men into two bodies ; each contains two and twenty men ...
... fhews the bravery of Ulyffes , who puts himself upon a level with the meaneft of his foldiers , and is ready to expofe his perfon to an equality of danger . Ulyffes divides his men into two bodies ; each contains two and twenty men ...
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... fhews that it was not fafe , if practicable , to go away without it ; if he had been a free agent , her leave had been unneceffary : ' tis true , fhe tells him fhe will not detain him any longer against his inclinations ; but this does ...
... fhews that it was not fafe , if practicable , to go away without it ; if he had been a free agent , her leave had been unneceffary : ' tis true , fhe tells him fhe will not detain him any longer against his inclinations ; but this does ...
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... fhews the earneftness of the speaker who is in fo much hafte to fpeak , that his thoughts run to the end of the fentence almoft before his tongue can begin it . Thus Achame mides in his flight from the Cyclops , -Per fidera teftor , Per ...
... fhews the earneftness of the speaker who is in fo much hafte to fpeak , that his thoughts run to the end of the fentence almoft before his tongue can begin it . Thus Achame mides in his flight from the Cyclops , -Per fidera teftor , Per ...
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... fhews the diforder of the fpeaker , by the fudden ftarts and vehemence of the periods . The whole Canto of Defpair is a piece of inimitable Poetry ; the picture of Sir Trevifan has a general refem- blance to this of Eurylochus , and ...
... fhews the diforder of the fpeaker , by the fudden ftarts and vehemence of the periods . The whole Canto of Defpair is a piece of inimitable Poetry ; the picture of Sir Trevifan has a general refem- blance to this of Eurylochus , and ...
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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