Critical Observations on ShakespeareAMS Press, 1748 - 411 pages |
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... Homer defcribing a VAIN - GLORI- " OUS ONE makes him put them on before the fight , " and while he only expected to overcome , σε δ ' ἐνδύνε χιώνα σε Καλὸν νηγάτεον . ” Mr.W. I know not which to admire moft , the fagacity or learning of ...
... Homer defcribing a VAIN - GLORI- " OUS ONE makes him put them on before the fight , " and while he only expected to overcome , σε δ ' ἐνδύνε χιώνα σε Καλὸν νηγάτεον . ” Mr.W. I know not which to admire moft , the fagacity or learning of ...
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... Homer [ Il . y ' . 449. ] being in like circum- ftances with the Fairy Knight . Again , c . 8. ft . 46 . " Ne fpared they to strip her naked ALL . " i.e. quite naked . In allufion to Revelation . xvii , 16. " Thefe fhall hate the whore ...
... Homer [ Il . y ' . 449. ] being in like circum- ftances with the Fairy Knight . Again , c . 8. ft . 46 . " Ne fpared they to strip her naked ALL . " i.e. quite naked . In allufion to Revelation . xvii , 16. " Thefe fhall hate the whore ...
Page xxxvii
... Homer , Λάϊον ἕσσο χιτῶνα . 1. γ ' . 57. lapideam indutus fuiffes tunicam : tho ' there it means ftoned to death . " Sets up his reft , & c . " The Serjeant or Bailiff carried with him a mace , as an enfign of his authority ; this mace ...
... Homer , Λάϊον ἕσσο χιτῶνα . 1. γ ' . 57. lapideam indutus fuiffes tunicam : tho ' there it means ftoned to death . " Sets up his reft , & c . " The Serjeant or Bailiff carried with him a mace , as an enfign of his authority ; this mace ...
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... Homer in Greek and Virgil in " Latin , rime being no neceffary adjunct or " true ornament of poem or good verse , in long " works especially , but the invention of a bar- which , Dryden turned the Paradise loft into rime , calling it ...
... Homer in Greek and Virgil in " Latin , rime being no neceffary adjunct or " true ornament of poem or good verse , in long " works especially , but the invention of a bar- which , Dryden turned the Paradise loft into rime , calling it ...
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... Homer has , here and there , these fimilar founds and cadences . Π . ί . 865. Καύματα · ἐξ ἀνέμοιο δυσαές ὀρνυμένοιο . Ι ύ . 392. Ὕλλῳ ἐπ ̓ ἰχθυόεντι , καὶ Ἕρμῳ δινήεν ] ι . But the scarcity of them in fo long a poem plainly fhews ...
... Homer has , here and there , these fimilar founds and cadences . Π . ί . 865. Καύματα · ἐξ ἀνέμοιο δυσαές ὀρνυμένοιο . Ι ύ . 392. Ὕλλῳ ἐπ ̓ ἰχθυόεντι , καὶ Ἕρμῳ δινήεν ] ι . But the scarcity of them in fo long a poem plainly fhews ...
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