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The Iliad: Of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. ... - Page 109
by Homer - 1791
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The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An ...

Homerus - 1720 - 284 pages
...Wou'd heav'n, e're all thefe dreadful deeds were done 43 f The day, that ihow'd me to the golden fun, Had feen my death ! Why did not whirlwinds bear The...fowls of air? Why funk I not beneath the whelming tyde, And 'midft the roarings of the waten dy'd? 440 Heav'n fill'd up all my ills, and I accurft Bore...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 35

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 462 pages
...if the guilty dame, That caus'd thefe woes, deferves a filler's name f "ould Heaven, ere all thfife dreadful deeds were done. The day that (how'd me to the golden fun,. 435 Had feen my death t Why did not whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowls of. air? • . . .. ™hy funk I not beneath...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 8

1792 - 640 pages
...Wou'd heav'n, e'er all théfe dreadful deeds were done, The day, that (hew'd me to the golden fun, Had feen my death ! Why did not whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowls of air? Why funk 1 not beneath the whelming tide, And 'midit the roarings of the waters dy'di" ÏVÎ. 40!. 5 ii Qtfopx,...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1792 - 612 pages
..." Wou'd heav'n, e'er all thefe dreadful deeds were done, The day, that ihew'd me to the golden fun, Had feen my death ! Why did not whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowls of air? Why funk 1 not beneaiii the whelming tide, And 'jnidft the roarings of the waters ú>'dí'' XVI. 40]. ó Ее...
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The Iliad of Homer, Volume 2

Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1796 - 428 pages
...deferve a fitter's name ! Would heav'n, e'er all thefe dreadful deeds were done, The day, that fhow'd me to the golden fun, 435 Had feen my death ! Why...whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowls of air? Ver. 426.] This is not inelegantly turned by Chapman : Conqueft brings forth her wreathes by tun1es....
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The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...brother ! if the guilty dame, Thatcaus'd thcfe woes, deferves a fifter'sname! Would Heaven, ere all thefe dreadful deeds were done, The day that (how'd me to...the golden fun, 435 Had feen my death ! Why did not whirlwind! bear The fatal infant to the fowls of air? Why funk 1 not beneath the whelming tide, And...
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The Whole Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: Including His Translations ...

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...deferves a fifter'sname? Would Heaven, ere all thefe dreadful deeds were done, The day that fhow'd me to the golden fun, 435 Had feen my death ! Why...infant to the fowls of air? Why funk I not beneath the w helming lide, And 'midft the roarings of the waters died ? Heaven fill'cl up all my ills, and I accurft...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 6

Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...Heaven, ere all thefe dreadful deeds were done, The day that fhow'd me to the golden fun, 435 Had fecn my death ! Why did not whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowh of air? Why funk I not beneath the whelming tide, And 'midft the roarings of the waters died ?...
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The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope

Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...heaven, ere all these dreadful deeds were donr, The day, that show'd me to the golden sun, 435 Had seen my death ! Why did not whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowls of air? Why sunk I not beneath the whelming tide, And 'midst the roarings of the waters died? Heaven lill'it up...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Pope's Homer's ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...Heaven, ere all these dreadful deeds were The day, that show'd me to the golden Sun, f clone, Had seen my death ! Why did not whirlwinds bear The fatal infant to the fowls of air ? Why sunk I not beneath the whelming tide. And 'midst the roarings of the waters died ? Heaven fill'd up...
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