"And the Simile wonderfully illustrates this Fury proceeding from an uncommon Infusion of Courage from Heaven, in resembling it not to a constant River, but a Torrent rising from an extraordinary Burst of Rain. This Simile is one of those that draws along with it some foreign Circumstances."
The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope
17 entries in ESTC (1715, 1718, 1720, 1721, 1729, 1732, 1736, 1738, 1754, 1767, 1770, 1790, 1791, 1796). Vol. 2 is dated 1716; vol. 3, 1717; vol. 4, 1718; vols. 5 and 6, 1720.<br>
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See <u>The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope</u>, 6 vols. (London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, 1715-1720). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T59731">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.003">Vol. III</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.004">Vol. IV</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.005">Vol. V</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.006">Vol. VI</a>&gt;