The Iliad of Homer, Band 1H. Baldwin, 1796 - 294 Seiten |
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... these : Άρχη μεν εν και οίον ψυχὴ ὁ μυθος της τραγῳδίας , δευτερον δε τα ηθη : Poët . cap . στο " The Fable is the foundation , and as it were the soul , of Tragedy next the Morals . " Editor . are of the utmost latitude and ...
... these : Άρχη μεν εν και οίον ψυχὴ ὁ μυθος της τραγῳδίας , δευτερον δε τα ηθη : Poët . cap . στο " The Fable is the foundation , and as it were the soul , of Tragedy next the Morals . " Editor . are of the utmost latitude and ...
Seite xvii
... these fimilar obfervations : " Homer's princes are as much diftinguished by their manners , " as by their dominions ; and even thofe among them , whose " characters seem wholly made up of courage , differ from one " another as to the ...
... these fimilar obfervations : " Homer's princes are as much diftinguished by their manners , " as by their dominions ; and even thofe among them , whose " characters seem wholly made up of courage , differ from one " another as to the ...
Seite xix
... these kinds . The characters of Virgil are far from striking us in this open manner ; they lie in a great degree hidden and undiftin- guished , and where they are marked most evidently , affect us not in proportion to those of Homer ...
... these kinds . The characters of Virgil are far from striking us in this open manner ; they lie in a great degree hidden and undiftin- guished , and where they are marked most evidently , affect us not in proportion to those of Homer ...
Seite xxiii
... to Homer in the elevations of poetry , by his evenness of excellence . " 66 ་ ་ * Of art . These words are not found in the first edition . 1 evident of Virgil especially , that he has fcarce any B 4 PREFA C E. xxiii.
... to Homer in the elevations of poetry , by his evenness of excellence . " 66 ་ ་ * Of art . These words are not found in the first edition . 1 evident of Virgil especially , that he has fcarce any B 4 PREFA C E. xxiii.
Seite xxiv
... inanimate things as " endued with life ; and is very happy in that energy , which he displays by these means , on every occafion . " Then , after 66 figures and metaphors than in any good author whatever . xxiv PREFACE .
... inanimate things as " endued with life ; and is very happy in that energy , which he displays by these means , on every occafion . " Then , after 66 figures and metaphors than in any good author whatever . xxiv PREFACE .
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Achilles Ægypt Æneid againſt Agamemnon alfo alſo anſwer Atrides beauty becauſe cauſe Chalcas Chapman chief compariſon Dacier defcribe defign deſcription Dryden edition Editor Euftathius expreffion fable facred faid fame fceptre feems fhall fhews fhips fhore fimile firft firſt fome fpeech ftill fubject fuch Goddeſs Gods greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks heroes himſelf Homer Homer fays honour Ibid Iliad itſelf Jove Jupiter juſt king laſt Leo Allatius loft maſter moft moſt muſt Neftor Nireus o'er obferved occafion Ogilby original paffage paffion Peneus perfons plain pleaſed pleaſure Plutarch poem poet poetical poetry pow'r praiſe prefent preferved prieſt Pteleon Quintilian raiſed reader reaſon refpect repreſented rhymes rife ſays ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhore ſhould ſkies ſpeak ſpirit ſpoke ſtate ſtill ſtory Strab Suidas thefe themſelves theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thouſand tranflator Travers Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſed verfe verfion verſe Virgil whofe whoſe words καὶ
Beliebte Passagen
Seite lxviii - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Seite xxxii - We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each : it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man...
Seite xvii - Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manners.
Seite lxvi - ... terms as I cannot repeat without vanity. I was obliged to Sir Richard Steele for a very early recommendation of my undertaking to the publick.
Seite lix - In a word, the nature of the man may account for his whole performance ; for he appears, from his preface and remarks, to have been of an arrogant turn, and an enthusiast in poetry.
Seite lxix - All you need do (says he) is to leave them just as they are ; call on Lord Halifax two or three months hence, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as altered. I have known him much...
Seite iv - ... through an uniform and bounded walk of art, than to comprehend the vast and various extent of nature.
Seite lx - I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds not from his following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned.
Seite ix - Statius it bursts out in sudden, short, and interrupted flashes: in Milton it glows like a furnace kept up to an uncommon ardour by the force of art: in Shakespeare it strikes before we are aware, like an accidental fire from heaven: but in Homer, and in him only, it burns everywhere clearly and everywhere irresistibly.
Seite xvi - ... in the poetic, that mankind have been ever since contented to follow them : none have been able to enlarge the...