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 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