The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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Page 40
... verse which defcribes the appearance of Mercury in the shape of a young man ; - Νεηνίη ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς Πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ τῇ πὲρ χαριεσάτη ἥβη . -On his bloomy face Youth fmil'd celeftial-- Virgil was fenfible of the beauty of it , and ...
... verse which defcribes the appearance of Mercury in the shape of a young man ; - Νεηνίη ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς Πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ τῇ πὲρ χαριεσάτη ἥβη . -On his bloomy face Youth fmil'd celeftial-- Virgil was fenfible of the beauty of it , and ...
Page 43
... verses that follow , are o- mitted by Dacier , and they are mark'd in Euftathius as fuperfluous ; they are to be found in other parts of the Odyssey ; but that , I con- fefs , would be no argument why they should not ftand here , ( fuch ...
... verses that follow , are o- mitted by Dacier , and they are mark'd in Euftathius as fuperfluous ; they are to be found in other parts of the Odyssey ; but that , I con- fefs , would be no argument why they should not ftand here , ( fuch ...
Page 53
... verses , and adorn'd his own Poetry with " them . " If this be true , there lay a debt of gratitude upon Ho- mer , and he pays it honourably , by this diftinguishing chara & er , which he gives to the father . An inftance of a worthy ...
... verses , and adorn'd his own Poetry with " them . " If this be true , there lay a debt of gratitude upon Ho- mer , and he pays it honourably , by this diftinguishing chara & er , which he gives to the father . An inftance of a worthy ...
Page 69
... verses ; for fay they , thefe are not the fhades of perfons newly flain , but who have long been in thefe infernal regions : How then can their wounds be fuppos'd ftill to be vifible , especially through their armour , when the foul was ...
... verses ; for fay they , thefe are not the fhades of perfons newly flain , but who have long been in thefe infernal regions : How then can their wounds be fuppos'd ftill to be vifible , especially through their armour , when the foul was ...
Page 73
... Verses in the beginning of the Odyssey . Why charge mankind on heav'n their own offences And call their woes the crime of providence ? Blind ! who themselves their miseries create , And perish by their folly , not their fate . VOL . III ...
... Verses in the beginning of the Odyssey . Why charge mankind on heav'n their own offences And call their woes the crime of providence ? Blind ! who themselves their miseries create , And perish by their folly , not their fate . VOL . III ...
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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