The Iliad, Volume 24A. Kincaid and, 1773 |
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... spears : The dreadful weapons of the warrior's rage , That , old in arms , disdain'd the peace of age . Then leaning on his hand his watchful head , The hoary monarch rais'd his eyes , and said . What art thou , speak , that , on ...
... spears : The dreadful weapons of the warrior's rage , That , old in arms , disdain'd the peace of age . Then leaning on his hand his watchful head , The hoary monarch rais'd his eyes , and said . What art thou , speak , that , on ...
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... spears employ , And intercept his hop'd return to Troy . With that they stepp'd afide , and stoop'd their head , ( As Dolon pafs'd ) , behind a heap of dead : Along the path the spy unwary flew ; Soft , at just distance , both the ...
... spears employ , And intercept his hop'd return to Troy . With that they stepp'd afide , and stoop'd their head , ( As Dolon pafs'd ) , behind a heap of dead : Along the path the spy unwary flew ; Soft , at just distance , both the ...
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... spear ; These great Ulyffes lifting to the fkies , To fav'ring Pallas dedicates the prize . Great queen of arms ! receive this hostile fpoil , And let the Thracian steeds reward our toil ; Thee first of all the heav'nly host we praise ...
... spear ; These great Ulyffes lifting to the fkies , To fav'ring Pallas dedicates the prize . Great queen of arms ! receive this hostile fpoil , And let the Thracian steeds reward our toil ; Thee first of all the heav'nly host we praise ...
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... spear ; The Trojan ftoop'd , the jav'lin pass'd in air . Then near the corfelet , at the monarch's heart , With all his strength the youth directs his dart : But the broad belt , with plates of filver bound , The point rebated , and ...
... spear ; The Trojan ftoop'd , the jav'lin pass'd in air . Then near the corfelet , at the monarch's heart , With all his strength the youth directs his dart : But the broad belt , with plates of filver bound , The point rebated , and ...
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... spear , unseen , his time he took , Aim'd at the king , and near his elbow ftrook . The thrilling steel transpierc'd the brawny part , And thro ' his arm stood forth the barbed dart . Surpris'd the monarch feels , yet void of fear On ...
... spear , unseen , his time he took , Aim'd at the king , and near his elbow ftrook . The thrilling steel transpierc'd the brawny part , And thro ' his arm stood forth the barbed dart . Surpris'd the monarch feels , yet void of fear On ...
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Achilles Againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides band blood bofom bold brave breaſt chariot chief conqueft counfels courfers courſe crown'd dart death defcend Deiphobus diftant Diomed divine dreadful duft Epeian Eurypylus Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fall fame fate fhades fhall fhips fhore fide field fierce fight fire firſt fix'd fkies flain flame flaughter fleet flew flies fome force foul fpear ftand ftern fuch fury gen'rous glory godlike gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand heaps heart heav'n Hector hero hoft honours hoſt Idomeneus Ilion infpire jav'lin Jove king lance laſt Lycian Menoetius Merion Neftor o'er Oileus Patroclus Peleus pierc'd plain Polydamas pow'rs purſue rage refound reſt rife Sarpedon ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhield ſhine ſhips ſhore ſkies ſpear ſpoke ſpread ſtands ſteeds ſtood ſtrong tent Teucer thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tow'rs trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulyffes urg'd wall warrior whofe Whoſe wound
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Page 20 - Who yields ignobly, or who bravely dies. Of all my dangers, all my glorious pains, A life of labours, lo! what fruit remains? As the bold bird her helpless young attends. From danger guards them, and from want defends; In search of prey she wings the spacious air, And with the...
Page 107 - Whom those that envy, dare not imitate; Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no...
Page 140 - If from thy hand the fates of mortals flow, From whence this favour to an impious foe? A godless crew, abandon'd and unjust, Still breathing rapine, violence, and lust?
Page 116 - This having reach'd, his brass-hoof'd steeds he reins, Fleet as the winds, and deck'd with golden manes. Refulgent arms his mighty limbs infold, Immortal arms of adamant and gold. He mounts the car, the golden scourge applies, He sits superior, and the chariot flies : His whirling wheels the glassy surface sweep ; The...
Page 167 - The driving javelin through his shoulder thrust, He sinks to earth, and grasps the bloody dust. " Lo thus (the victor cries) we rule the field, And thus their arms the race of Panthus wield...
Page 59 - Machaon, in the other wing of the army, is pierced with an arrow by Paris, and carried from the fight in Nestor's chariot. Achilles (who overlooked the action from his ship) sends Patroclus to inquire which of the Greeks was wounded in that manner?
Page 227 - Now sent to Troy, Achilles' arms to aid, He pays due vengeance to his kinsman's shade. Soon as his luckless hand had touch'd the dead, A rock's large fragment thunder'd on his head; Hurl'd by...
Page 133 - Beneath his Cares thy early Youth was train'd, One Table fed you, and one Roof contain'd. This Deed to fierce Idomeneus we owe; Haste, and revenge it on th
Page 197 - Some lordly bull (the rest dispersed and fled) He singles out; arrests, and lays him dead: Thus from the rage of Jove-like Hector flew All Greece in heaps; but one he...
Page 143 - Join'd to one yoke, the stubborn earth they tear, And trace large furrows with the shining share ; O'er their huge limbs the foam descends in snow, And streams of sweat down their sour foreheads flow.