A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope's Iliad & Odyssey. West's Pindar. Dryden's Virgil. Persius & Juvenal. Pitt's Aeneid. Rowe's LucanJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1792 |
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... Greeks , having facked fome of the neighbouring towns , and taken from thence two beautiful captives , Chryfeis and Brifeis , allotted the first to Agamemnon , and the last Achilles . Chryfes , the father of Chryfeïs , and priest of ...
... Greeks , having facked fome of the neighbouring towns , and taken from thence two beautiful captives , Chryfeis and Brifeis , allotted the first to Agamemnon , and the last Achilles . Chryfes , the father of Chryfeïs , and priest of ...
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... Greeks deftroy . Thus Chryfes pray'd : The favouring power And from Olympus lofty tops defcends . [ attends , Bent was his bow , the Grecian hearts to wound ; Fierce as he mov'd , his filver fhafts refound ; Breathing revenge , a fudden ...
... Greeks deftroy . Thus Chryfes pray'd : The favouring power And from Olympus lofty tops defcends . [ attends , Bent was his bow , the Grecian hearts to wound ; Fierce as he mov'd , his filver fhafts refound ; Breathing revenge , a fudden ...
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... Greek thy foe . He fpoke : and furious hurl'd against the ground His fceptre ftarr'd with golden ftuds around . Then ... Greeks by commor . fuffrage gave : Nor thou Achilles , treat our prince with pride ; Let kings be juft , and ...
... Greek thy foe . He fpoke : and furious hurl'd against the ground His fceptre ftarr'd with golden ftuds around . Then ... Greeks by commor . fuffrage gave : Nor thou Achilles , treat our prince with pride ; Let kings be juft , and ...
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... Greeks their joint confent declare , The prieft to reverence , and release the fair ; Not to Atrides : He , with wonted pride , The fire infulted , and his gifts deny'd : The infulted fire ( his God's peculiar care ) To Phoebus pray'd ...
... Greeks their joint confent declare , The prieft to reverence , and release the fair ; Not to Atrides : He , with wonted pride , The fire infulted , and his gifts deny'd : The infulted fire ( his God's peculiar care ) To Phoebus pray'd ...
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... Greeks their hecatomb prepare ; Between their horns the falted barley threw , And with their heads to Heaven the victims flew : The limbs they fever from th ' enclosing hide ; The thighs , felected to the Gods , divide : On theie , in ...
... Greeks their hecatomb prepare ; Between their horns the falted barley threw , And with their heads to Heaven the victims flew : The limbs they fever from th ' enclosing hide ; The thighs , felected to the Gods , divide : On theie , in ...
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Atrides band beneath blood bold brave breaft chariot chief counfels courfers crown'd dart death defcends diftant Diomed divine dreadful duft Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate feaft feas fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft fkies flain flames flew flies fome forrows foul fpear fpoke ftand fteeds ftern ftill fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand heart Heaven Hector hero hoft honours Idomeneus Ilion immortal javelin Jove king laft lance loft Lycian Menelaus mighty monarch mortal muft Neftor numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain Priam prince Pylian race rage reft rife ſhall ſhore Simoïs ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Telemachus thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes vafe veffels walls warrior whofe woes wound youth