The Iliad of HomerG. Putnam, 1850 - 617 pages |
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Achaians Achilles address'd Æneas Agamemnon Ajax ancient answer'd Antilochus Apollo arm'd armor arms Asius Atreus Atrides battle beneath bespake bold brave breast bright call'd ceased chariot Chief coursers daughter death deep Deiphobus Diomede divine dread Eneas Eurypylus eyes falchion fear fell field fierce fight fill'd fire fleet flew force glorious glory Goddess godlike Gods Grecians Greece Greeks hand hath heart heaven Hector hero Homer hurl'd Idomeneus ILIAD Ilium illustrious immortal Jove Jove's Juno King lance lest loud Lycian Mars Meantime Menelaus Meriones Minerva Myrmidons Neptune Nestor noble o'er Olympian once Pallas pass'd Patroclus Peleus pierced Priam renown'd replied return'd rush'd Sarpedon Saturnian Jove seized shield ships side sire slain slay slew smote sons spake spear steeds stood swift Telamonian Ajax tent Teucer thee thence Thetis thine thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself Trojans turn'd Tydeus Tydides Ulysses valiant warlike warrior wing'd wounded Xanthus
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Page 208 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 153 - Saul ? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants : but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
Page 258 - To guard them, and one bolt secured the bars. He stood fast by them, parting wide his feet For 'vantage sake, and smote them in the midst. He burst both hinges; inward fell the rock Ponderous, and the portals...
Page 168 - And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel ; but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them ; and they were smitten before Israel.
Page 258 - But Hector seized a stone ; of ample base, But tapering to a point ; before the gate It stood. No two men, mightiest of a land (Such men as now are mighty), could with ease Have heaved it from the earth up to a wain ; He swung it easily alone, — so light The son of Saturn made it in his hand. As in one hand with ease the shepherd bears...
Page xii - ... are those which have cost me abundantly the most labour. It is difficult to kill a sheep with dignity in a modern language, to flay and to prepare it for the table, detailing every circumstance of the process. Difficult also, without sinking below the level of poetry, to harness mules to a waggon, particularizing every article of their furniture, straps, rings, staples, and even the tying of the knots that kept all together. HOMER, who writes always to the eye, with all his sublimity and grandeur,...
Page 202 - Jove's daughters, wrinkled, lame, slant-eyed, Which, though far distant, yet with constant pace Follow offence. Offence, robust of limb, And treading firm the ground, outstrips them all, And over all the earth before them runs, Hurtful to man. They, following, heal the hurt ; Received respectfully when they approach, They yield us aid, and listen when we pray.
Page 183 - Big with great purposes and proud, they sat, Not disarray'd, but in fair form disposed Of even ranks, and watch'd their numerous fires. As when around the clear bright moon, the stars Shine in full splendour, and the winds are hush'd, The groves, the mountain-tops, the headland heights Stand all apparent, not a vapour streaks The boundless blue, and ether open'd wide ; All glitters, and the shepherd's heart is cheer'd.
Page viii - A direction which wants nothing but practicability to recommend it. For suppose six persons, equally qualified for the task, employed to translate the same Ancient into their own language, with this rule to guide them. In the event it would be found that each had fallen on a manner different from that of all the rest, and by probable inference it would follow that none had fallen on the right. On the whole, therefore, as...
Page 258 - In leap'd the godlike Hero at the breach, Gloomy as night in aspect, but in arms All-dazzling, and he grasp'd two quivering spears.