The Iliad of Homer, Volume 4B. Lintot, 1736 |
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Achilles affiftance Agamemnon Ajax alfo ancient arms Atrides battel BERNARD LINTOT bofom bold brave breaſt chariot chief compariſon courfers Dacier dart death defcribed defire Deiphobus diftant divine duft Euftathius Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fall fame fate fays fecond feems fhall fhews fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight fince firft flain flaughter flies fome fpear fpeech ftand ftern ftill ftrength ftrong fuch fuperiour fury glory Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground Harpalion heav'n Hector hero himſelf hoft Homer Idomeneus Iliad Ilion inftance jav'lin Jove Juno Jupiter laft lance lefs Lycian Meriones moft moſt muft Neftor Neptune o'er obfervation occafion Oracles paffage Patroclus perfon pierc'd plain pleaſure Poet Polydamas pow'r prefent rage reafon reft reprefented rife Sarpedon ſhall ſhips ſhore ſkies ſpear ſpread ſtand Teucer thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflated trembling Trojans Troy verfe warriour whofe whoſe wound
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Page 172 - O'ermatch'd he falls ; to two at once a prey, And lo! they bear the bloody arms away! Come on — a distant war no longer wage, But hand to hand thy country's foes engage : Till Greece at once, and all her glory end ; Or Ilion from her towery height descend, Heaved from the lowest stone ; and bury all In one sad sepulchre, one common fall.
Page 6 - 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 125 - Ilioneus, his Father's only Care: (Phorbas the rich, of all the Trojan Train Whom Hermes lov'd, and taught the Arts of Gain ) Full in his Eye the Weapon chanc'd to fall, And from the Fibres scoop'd the rooted Ball, Drove thro' the Neck, and hurl'd him to the Plain; He lifts his miserable Arms in vain!
Page 185 - The coward counsels of a timorous throng Of reverend dotards, check'd our glory long : Too long Jove lull'd us with lethargic charms, But now in peals of thunder calls to arms : In this great day he crowns our full desires, Wakes all our force, and seconds all our fires.
Page 176 - Like fiery meteors his red eyeballs glow ; The radiant helmet on his temples burns, Waves when he nods, and lightens as he turns : For Jove his splendour round the chief had thrown , And cast the blaze of both the hosts on one. Unhappy glories ! for his fate was near, Due to stern Pallas, and Pelides...
Page 175 - Bids him with more than mortal fury glow, And drives him, like a lightning, on the foe. So Mars, when human crimes for vengeance call, Shakes his huge javelin, and whole armies fall. Not with more rage a conflagration rolls, Wraps the vast mountains, and involves the poles.
Page 187 - Ah! yet be mindful of your old renown, Your great forefathers' virtues and your own. What aids expect you in this utmost strait?
Page 222 - In swarms the guiltless traveller engage, Whet all their stings, and call forth all their rage ; All rise in arms, and, with a general cry, Assert their waxen domes, and buzzing progeny; Thus from the tents the fervent legion swarms, So loud their clamours, and so keen their arms: Their rising rage Patroclus' breath inspires, Who thus inflames them with heroic fires. ' O warriors, partners of Achilles...
Page 244 - 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.