The Iliad: Of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. ...John Halpen, John Rice, and Ann Colles, 1791 |
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Achilles Achilles's againſt Ajax ancient Antilochus armour arms Atrides battle becauſe bold brave breaſt caufe chariot chief circumftance courfers criticks Dacier dart dead death defcribed defcription defign Deiphobus diftant divine duft Euftathius Euphorbus Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fame fate fays feems fenfe fent fhades fhall fhews fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight fince fire firft firſt flain flies fome fpeak fpear fpeech fpread ftand ftill fuch fuperior fury glory Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand heav'n Hector hero himſelf hoft Homer Idomeneus Iliad jav'lin Jove Juno Jupiter laft lance lefs Lycian Menelaus Merion moft moſt muſt Neftor's Neptune numbers o'er obfervation occafion paffage Patroclus Peleus perfon pierc'd plain Poet Polydamas pow'rs prefent rage reafon reprefented rife Sarpedon ſhore ſkies ſpeak ſtand Teucer thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro trembling Trojan Troy verfes Virgil Vulcan warrior whofe wound
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Page 31 - He hoped the conquest of the Cretan king. The wary Cretan, as his foe drew near, Full on his throat...
Page 56 - This heart and hand shall second all thy fires: What with this arm I can, prepare to know, Till death for death be paid, and blow for blow. But 'tis not ours, with forces not our own To combat: strength is of the gods alone.
Page 5 - The enormous monsters rolling o'er the deep Gambol around him on the watery way, And heavy whales in awkward measures play ; The sea subsiding spreads a level plain, Exults, and owns the monarch of the main ; The parting waves before his coursers fly ; The wondering waters leave his axle dry.
Page 151 - Once sons of Mars, and thunderbolts of war! Ah ! yet be mindful of your old renown, Your great forefathers
Page 263 - Struck from the walls, the echoes float on high, And the round bulwarks and thick towers reply ; So high his brazen voice the hero rear'd, Hosts...
Page 39 - Transpierced his back with a dishonest wound : The hollow vein that to the neck extends Along the chine, his eager javelin rends : Supine he falls, and to his social train Spreads his imploring arms, but spreads in vain. Th...
Page 267 - The Pleiads, Hyads, with the northern team; And great Orion's more refulgent beam; To which, around the axle of the sky, The Bear, revolving, points his golden eye, Still shines exalted on th' ethereal plain, Nor bathes his blazing forehead in the main.
Page 196 - Or weigh the great occasion, and be more. The chief who taught our lofty walls to yield, Lies pale in death, extended on the field ; To guard his body, Troy in numbers flies ; 'Tis half the glory to maintain our prize. Haste, strip his arms, the slaughter round him spread, And send the living Lycians to the dead.
Page 42 - Atrides' heart, Repell'd to distance flics the bounding dart. Atrides, watchful of the unwary foe, Pierc'd with his lance the hand that grasp'd the bow, And nail'd it to the yew: the wounded hand Trail'd the long lance that mark'd with blood the...
Page 57 - Chief urged on chief, and man drove man along. Far o'er the plains in dreadful order bright, The brazen arms reflect a beamy light: Full in the blazing van great Hector...