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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... faid of Virgil , or any great author , whofe general cha- racter will infallibly raife many cafual additions to their reputation . This is the method of Monf . de la Motte ; who yet confeffes upon the whole , that in whatever age Homer ...
... faid of Virgil , or any great author , whofe general cha- racter will infallibly raife many cafual additions to their reputation . This is the method of Monf . de la Motte ; who yet confeffes upon the whole , that in whatever age Homer ...
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... faid , the hoary king no longer stay'd , But on his car the flaughter'd victims laid ; Then feiz'd the reins his gentle fteeds to guide And drove to Troy , Antenor at his fide . Bold Hector and Ulyffes now difpofe The lifts of combat ...
... faid , the hoary king no longer stay'd , But on his car the flaughter'd victims laid ; Then feiz'd the reins his gentle fteeds to guide And drove to Troy , Antenor at his fide . Bold Hector and Ulyffes now difpofe The lifts of combat ...
Page 23
... faid , he stalk'd with ample ftrides along , To Crete's brave monarch and his martial throng ; High at their head he faw the chief appear , And bold Meriones excite the rear . At this the king his generous joy expreft , And clafy'd the ...
... faid , he stalk'd with ample ftrides along , To Crete's brave monarch and his martial throng ; High at their head he faw the chief appear , And bold Meriones excite the rear . At this the king his generous joy expreft , And clafy'd the ...
Page 38
... faid , nor anfwer'd Priam's warlike for When Helen thus with lowly grace begun : Oh generous brother ! if the guilty dame , That caus'd thefc woes , deferves a fifter's name ! Would Heaven , ere all these dreadful deeds were done , The ...
... faid , nor anfwer'd Priam's warlike for When Helen thus with lowly grace begun : Oh generous brother ! if the guilty dame , That caus'd thefc woes , deferves a fifter's name ! Would Heaven , ere all these dreadful deeds were done , The ...
Page 59
... faid , Wondrous old man ! whole foul no refpite knows , Though years and honours bid thee feek repose , Let younger Greeks our fleeping warriors wake ; Its thy age thefe toils to undertake . My friend the answer'd ) generous is thy care ...
... faid , Wondrous old man ! whole foul no refpite knows , Though years and honours bid thee feek repose , Let younger Greeks our fleeping warriors wake ; Its thy age thefe toils to undertake . My friend the answer'd ) generous is thy care ...
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