 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 sider
...first book stands thus ; " The wrath of Peleus" son, the direful spring Of ail the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing ; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's...reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain." The stern Pelides' rage, O Goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 sider
...plain, heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring...and hungry vultures tore, Since great Achilles and Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Whose limbs, unburied on the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 sider
...the first book 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. Tile itern Pelides' rage, O goddess, sing, wrath Of all Ihe woes oj Greece the fatal spring. Grecian... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 sider
...the first book 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 skin. The stern Pelides' rage, 0 goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 sider
...The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O goddess, sing ; That wratk which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides' rage, O goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes ofGneeoe the fatal sprang, Grecian... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 sider
...decline : Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing; The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely shiin. In the first couplet the language is distorted by inversions, clogged with superfluities, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 sider
...the first book stands thus: The wrath of Peleus' eon, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, О , The stern Pelides' rage О Goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian... | |
 | 1828
...comply ; and HOMER S ILIAD. BOOK I. 9 ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess sing! That wrath which hurl'd to...and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove, Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Declare, O Muse ! in what ill-fated... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1829 - 488 sider
...allusion to birds of prey. Thus in the ILIAD : j4viuvz S" tlwqta. Ttvjft xvvtaotv OttUVOHtl TI TttXOl " Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, " Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore." Thus, it is the language of boasting in the historical part of Scripture — " I will give thy flesh... | |
 | John Nelson (Primitive Methodist preacher.) - 1830 - 454 sider
...ancient bards, we find them frequently dwelling on the same important theme. They tell us of, " The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls...naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore." They tell us of the descent of Ulysses into hell, and of Minos in the shades below, distributing justice... | |
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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 ; Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry... 
