The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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... tis true , the Mar- vellous ought to be used in Epic Poetry ; but ought it to tranfgrefs all power of belief ? Ariftotle in his Art of Poetry lays down a rule B 2 4 Six blooming youths , in private grandeur bred , And 3 ...
... tis true , the Mar- vellous ought to be used in Epic Poetry ; but ought it to tranfgrefs all power of belief ? Ariftotle in his Art of Poetry lays down a rule B 2 4 Six blooming youths , in private grandeur bred , And 3 ...
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... used indifferently . v . 5. Six blooming youths and fix fair daughters . ] Diodo- rus Siculus mentions the names of the fix fons of Aols , but is filent concerning his daughters , and therefore others , who can find myfteries in the ...
... used indifferently . v . 5. Six blooming youths and fix fair daughters . ] Diodo- rus Siculus mentions the names of the fix fons of Aols , but is filent concerning his daughters , and therefore others , who can find myfteries in the ...
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... used in the performance of her pretended incanta- tions . Milton not unhappily has introduc'd the imagin'd power of these Lapland Witches into his Paradife Loft . The night - hag , when call'd In fecret , riding thro ' the air she comes ...
... used in the performance of her pretended incanta- tions . Milton not unhappily has introduc'd the imagin'd power of these Lapland Witches into his Paradife Loft . The night - hag , when call'd In fecret , riding thro ' the air she comes ...
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... used with propriety and elegance in a fimilitude by a Virgil , and the Sun may be dishonour'd by a Mavius ; a mean thought exprefs'd in noble terms being more tolerable , than a no- ble thought difgrac'd by mean expreffions . Things ...
... used with propriety and elegance in a fimilitude by a Virgil , and the Sun may be dishonour'd by a Mavius ; a mean thought exprefs'd in noble terms being more tolerable , than a no- ble thought difgrac'd by mean expreffions . Things ...
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... used it to figni- fy a compofition of water mix'd with honey . The Latin Poets have borrow'd their magical rites from Homer : Thus Ovid Metam , 7.243 . Haud procul egeftâ fcrobibus tellare duabus Sacra facit : cultrofque in guttura ...
... used it to figni- fy a compofition of water mix'd with honey . The Latin Poets have borrow'd their magical rites from Homer : Thus Ovid Metam , 7.243 . Haud procul egeftâ fcrobibus tellare duabus Sacra facit : cultrofque in guttura ...
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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