...; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like a torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.— Pop* 20. Good name; in man and woman Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse, steals...

...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that, When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, tried another...

...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' uubending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed, for about thirty years, the-praise...

...But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timothens' varied lays surprise, And bid alternate...

...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main— when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise...

...'An Essay on Criticism': When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too lahours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th'unbendmg corn, and skims along the main. Samuel Jobnson, however, attempting to prove that the mind...

...But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Verse should like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives some Rock's vast Weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er the unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. Hear how Timotheus vary'd Lays surprise, And bid alternate...

...proclaims a principle, 'The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense' (line 365), then illustrates it: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. (II. 370-3) The Essay on Criticism is not, like most of...

...alexandrine. Like all the lines in this passage, it directs its energies toward a particular bit of narrative: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies oe'r th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. Swift Camilla's fast six feet are uncontaminated by any...

...echo to the sense," says : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labors and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, or skims along the main. Essay on Criticism. 268-281. On Norse mythology, see RB Anderson, Norse Mythology,...