An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Iliad * ; where it ought not to have been admitted : and which • Dryden has but rarely used in his Virgil . Our author seldom writes many lines toge- ther without an antithesis . It must be allowed sometimes to add strength to a ...
... Iliad * ; where it ought not to have been admitted : and which • Dryden has but rarely used in his Virgil . Our author seldom writes many lines toge- ther without an antithesis . It must be allowed sometimes to add strength to a ...
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... , with much pleasantry , : Jam cornu petat , & pedibus qui spargat arenam . † Alluding to the prizes that Achilles bestows in the games of Homer . Iliad . 23. b . ‡ Ver . 67 . : For ! For surely that vice deserves the keenest invective ,
... , with much pleasantry , : Jam cornu petat , & pedibus qui spargat arenam . † Alluding to the prizes that Achilles bestows in the games of Homer . Iliad . 23. b . ‡ Ver . 67 . : For ! For surely that vice deserves the keenest invective ,
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... ( Iliad , b . 13. v . 12. ) 11 Υψᾶ ἐπ ̓ ακροτατης κορυφης Σαμε ύληςσσης , Θρηικιης · ένθεν γαρ εφαίνετο πασα μεν Ίδη , Φαινετο δε Πριάμοιο πολις , και νηες Αχαιών . THOSE who are fond of generalities , may think the number of natural ...
... ( Iliad , b . 13. v . 12. ) 11 Υψᾶ ἐπ ̓ ακροτατης κορυφης Σαμε ύληςσσης , Θρηικιης · ένθεν γαρ εφαίνετο πασα μεν Ίδη , Φαινετο δε Πριάμοιο πολις , και νηες Αχαιών . THOSE who are fond of generalities , may think the number of natural ...
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Joseph Warton. so dramatic , and so interesting . Half the Iliad and the Odyssey might be quoted as examples of this way of writing . So dif- ferent from the unfinished , half - formed figures , presented to us by many modern writers ...
Joseph Warton. so dramatic , and so interesting . Half the Iliad and the Odyssey might be quoted as examples of this way of writing . So dif- ferent from the unfinished , half - formed figures , presented to us by many modern writers ...
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... Iliad . The real faults of that tranflation are of a different kind . They are such , as remind us of Nero's gilding a brazen statue of Alexander the Great , caft by Lyfippus . 14.- - down to piddling Tibalds . YET this very dull and ...
... Iliad . The real faults of that tranflation are of a different kind . They are such , as remind us of Nero's gilding a brazen statue of Alexander the Great , caft by Lyfippus . 14.- - down to piddling Tibalds . YET this very dull and ...
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