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Pagina 10
... Homer ; for the poet does not fay , but the good man might , at the head of his own table , have heard with pleasure the praife beftowed on him by the people he entertained , No nation in the world carried hospitality to a greater ...
... Homer ; for the poet does not fay , but the good man might , at the head of his own table , have heard with pleasure the praife beftowed on him by the people he entertained , No nation in the world carried hospitality to a greater ...
Pagina 81
... Homer afcribes to the gods . The defcriptions which poets , lefs ancient than Offian , have left us of thofe beautiful figures , that appeared fometimes on the hills , are elegant and picturefque . They compare them to the rain- bow on ...
... Homer afcribes to the gods . The defcriptions which poets , lefs ancient than Offian , have left us of thofe beautiful figures , that appeared fometimes on the hills , are elegant and picturefque . They compare them to the rain- bow on ...
Pagina 171
... Homer could fuftain , with dignity , the minutia of a single com- bat . The throwing of a fpear , and the braying of a fhield , as fome of our own poets moft elegantly exprefs it , convey no magnificent , though they are ftriking ideas ...
... Homer could fuftain , with dignity , the minutia of a single com- bat . The throwing of a fpear , and the braying of a fhield , as fome of our own poets moft elegantly exprefs it , convey no magnificent , though they are ftriking ideas ...
Pagina 202
... Homer , and after him , fervilely copied by all his imitators , ( the humane Vir- gil not excepted , ) who have been more fuccefsful in borrowing the imperfections of that great poet , than in their imitations of his beauties . " Nina ...
... Homer , and after him , fervilely copied by all his imitators , ( the humane Vir- gil not excepted , ) who have been more fuccefsful in borrowing the imperfections of that great poet , than in their imitations of his beauties . " Nina ...
Pagina 220
... Homer hath done , to affift his heroes , his work had not confifted of eulo- giums on men , but of hymns to fuperior beings . Thofe who write in the Galic language feldom mention religion in their profane poetry ; and when they ...
... Homer hath done , to affift his heroes , his work had not confifted of eulo- giums on men , but of hymns to fuperior beings . Thofe who write in the Galic language feldom mention religion in their profane poetry ; and when they ...
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againſt ancient arife arofe art thou Atha bards battle beam behold bends blaft Cairbar Caledonians Cathmor chief circumftances Clatho Clono cloud compofitions Conar Cormac courfe courſe Cuthullin dark darkneſs death defcended defcription defert diftant Druids Erin eyes faid fame father feaft feem fentiment fhall fhield fhould fide figh filent Fillan Fingal Fion Firbolg firft flain Foldath fome fong foul fpear fpirit fpread ftands ftate fteel fteps ftill ftone ftorm ftrangers ftream ftrength ftrife fubject fublime fuch fword Gaul ghoft grey hall harp heard heath heroes hiftory hill himſelf hoft Homer Iliad Ireland king laft lift mift moffy moft Moi-lena Mora Morni Morven moſt night occafion Ofcar Offian paffed perfon Picts poem poet poetical poetry poffeffed racter raiſed reft rife rock roes rofe rolled Scots Selma ſhall ſpear Strutha Sul-malla Temora thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tomb Uthal voice warrior waves winds