 | Paul Dudley - 1732 - 52 pages
...the Grecian Heroes * . But I Heed not labour this ; our Proteftant Ertglifhed by Mr. Pope. That Wrarh which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign, The SOULS of mighty Chiefs untimely flain. • teftant Expofitors being generally agreed. That by the Word .4«'x,*« in this Place, we... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 392 pages
...two firft Lines fhow that he underftands no Greek, the next two prove that he knows no Englijh. That Wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign, The Souls of mighty Chiefs untimely flain. Let us refolve this Couplet to Profe, and fee if we can find, disjecJi membra poetie. O Goddefs,... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pages
...diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical structure of speech, destroy the grace of easy poetry....wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy re ign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...d'énergie : Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Ofwoes unnumber'd, heav'nly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; ^Vhose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore Dcvouring dogs and hungry vultures tore , Since great Achilles... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...le placent quelquefois seul à la fin d'une tirade , pour lui donner plus de force et d'énergie : Achilles' wrath , to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd , heav'nly goddess , sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; AVhose... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 472 pages
...Olympus. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumher'd, heav'nly goddess sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; 46 BOXER'S ILIAD. Book I. Whose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore, 5 Devouring flogs and hungry vultures... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...I. A CHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore, $ Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore; Since great Achilles... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 410 pages
...diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the sama word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical structure of speech, destroy the grace of easy poetry....of many licences which an easy writer must decline : Aehilla? wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess sing, The wrath... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...diminution of the sense, any curious iteration of the same word, and all unusual, though not ungrammatical structure of speech, destroy the grace of easy poetry....first lines of Pope's Iliad afford examples of many licenses which an easy writer, must decline : Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...stands thus; The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O goddess, sing, That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Policies' rage, O goddess, sing, Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian That... | |
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ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain... 
