 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 páginas
...stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough Terse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.* •- voi,. r L These * Ver. 366. These lines are usually cited as fine examples -of adapting the sound... | |
 | 1806 - 408 páginas
...sense : Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, Ths line too labours, and the words move slow j Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies... | |
 | 1806 - 346 páginas
...gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the soundsng shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent...weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words more slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Fl ies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 páginas
...Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; ; l Not so, when swift Camilla Scours the plain, Flies...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.* .VOL. i L These * V«r. 366. These lines are usually cited as fine examples of adapting the sound to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 424 páginas
...strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...the torrent roar. • When Ajax strives some rock's vust weight to throw. The line too labours, and the words move slow ; JNTot so when swift Camilla scours... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 páginas
...V165 Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to tbrow, The line too lahours, and the words move slow: 171 Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 páginas
...the strain when aephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when lond surges lash the sounding shore. The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajrtx strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too lahours, and the words move slow : "Not.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 340 páginas
...sense. . Soft is the strain when Xelihyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flow* : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 296 páginas
...the strain when Xephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; Bat when land surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 páginas
...strain when Zipbyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and . celebrated by a rival wit, may be judged what... | |
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The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives... 
