The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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... rock , and the fleet of Eneas into Sea - nymphs . But fuch relations ought not to be too frequent in a Poem ; for it is an established rule , that all incidents which require a divine probability only , fhould be fo difengaged from the ...
... rock , and the fleet of Eneas into Sea - nymphs . But fuch relations ought not to be too frequent in a Poem ; for it is an established rule , that all incidents which require a divine probability only , fhould be fo difengaged from the ...
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... rocks , and confequently there was a neceffity for this care , to guide fea - faring men to avoid those rocks , and to point out the places of landing with fecurity . But is it not an imputation to the wifdom of Ulyffes , to fuffer ...
... rocks , and confequently there was a neceffity for this care , to guide fea - faring men to avoid those rocks , and to point out the places of landing with fecurity . But is it not an imputation to the wifdom of Ulyffes , to fuffer ...
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... rocks re - murmur'd to the main . We leap'd on fhore , and with a fcanty feaft Our thirst and hunger haftily reprefs'd ; That done , two chosen heralds strait attend Our fecond progrefs to my royal friend ; 65 And him amidft his jovial ...
... rocks re - murmur'd to the main . We leap'd on fhore , and with a fcanty feaft Our thirst and hunger haftily reprefs'd ; That done , two chosen heralds strait attend Our fecond progrefs to my royal friend ; 65 And him amidft his jovial ...
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... with equal strokes the fmoaky feas ; Clear of the rocks th'impatient veffel flies ; Whilft in the port each wretch encumber'd dies . With With earnest haste my frighted failors press , While kindling Book X. HOMER'S ODYSSEY . 19.
... with equal strokes the fmoaky feas ; Clear of the rocks th'impatient veffel flies ; Whilft in the port each wretch encumber'd dies . With With earnest haste my frighted failors press , While kindling Book X. HOMER'S ODYSSEY . 19.
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... rock o'erhangs th'infernal lake , And mingling ftreams eternal murmurs make . First It is alfo probable , that Acheron was the antient name of Avernus , because Acherufia , a large water near Cume , flows into it by con- ceal'd paffages ...
... rock o'erhangs th'infernal lake , And mingling ftreams eternal murmurs make . First It is alfo probable , that Acheron was the antient name of Avernus , because Acherufia , a large water near Cume , flows into it by con- ceal'd paffages ...
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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