The Iliad, Volume 24A. Kincaid and, 1773 |
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... plain ; Ships thou haft store , and nearest to the main : A nobler care the Grecians fhall employ , To combat , conquer , and extirpate Troy . Here Greece fhall stay ; or , if all Greece retire , Myfelf will stay , till Troy or I expire ...
... plain ; Ships thou haft store , and nearest to the main : A nobler care the Grecians fhall employ , To combat , conquer , and extirpate Troy . Here Greece fhall stay ; or , if all Greece retire , Myfelf will stay , till Troy or I expire ...
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... plain , Along the verdant margin of the main . There heifers graze , and lab'ring oxen toil ; Bold are the men , and gen'rous is the foil : There shall he reign with pow'r and justice crown'd , And rule the tributary realms , around ...
... plain , Along the verdant margin of the main . There heifers graze , and lab'ring oxen toil ; Bold are the men , and gen'rous is the foil : There shall he reign with pow'r and justice crown'd , And rule the tributary realms , around ...
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... plain , Along the verdant margin of the main . There heifers graze , and lab'ring oxen toil ; Bold are the men , and gen'rous is the foil . There shalt thou reign with pow'r and juftice crown'd , And rule the tributary realms around ...
... plain , Along the verdant margin of the main . There heifers graze , and lab'ring oxen toil ; Bold are the men , and gen'rous is the foil . There shalt thou reign with pow'r and juftice crown'd , And rule the tributary realms around ...
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... plain ; Then at Atrides ' haughty feet were laid The wealth I gather'd , and the spoils I made . Your mighty monarch these in peace possest ; Some few my foldiers had , himself the rest . Some prefent too to ev'ry prince was paid ; And ...
... plain ; Then at Atrides ' haughty feet were laid The wealth I gather'd , and the spoils I made . Your mighty monarch these in peace possest ; Some few my foldiers had , himself the rest . Some prefent too to ev'ry prince was paid ; And ...
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... , ' The world's great emprefs on th ' Egyptian plain , ( That spreads her conquefts o'er a thousand states , And pours her heroes through a hundred gates , Two hundred horfemen , and two hundred cars From each 22 HOMER'S ILIAD . IX . 473 .
... , ' The world's great emprefs on th ' Egyptian plain , ( That spreads her conquefts o'er a thousand states , And pours her heroes through a hundred gates , Two hundred horfemen , and two hundred cars From each 22 HOMER'S ILIAD . IX . 473 .
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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.