 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...Alexandrine ends the song. Tnat like a wounded snake drags its slow length alón;. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when /.ephyr gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows: But... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense... | |
 | Andrews Norton - Apologetics - 1839 - 844 pages
...by Pope : 1. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; A* those move easiest who have learnt to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently hlowi, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...with so much life and ease, You think 'tis nature, and a knack to please : " But ease in writing flows from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance." If such the plague and pains to write by rule, Better (say I) be pleased, and play the fool ; Call,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...of supposing that easy writing must be easy reading. It is quite the contrary. As Pope says, " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance*." " The best performances," says Melmoth, " have generally cost the most labour ;... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...of supposing that easy writing must be easy reading. It is quite the contrary. As Pope says, " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance*." " The best performances," says Melmoth, " have generally cost the most labour ;... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 352 pages
...of supposing that easy writing must be easy reading. It is quite the contrary. As Pope says, " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; As those move easiest who have learned to dance*." " The best . performances," says Melmoth, " have generally cost the most labour;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...needless Alexandrine ends the gong, That like a wounded snake drags itsslow length along. And afterwards, Soft is the strain when Zephyr gentry blows. And the smooth stream in smoother number* flow*: But when... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 884 pages
...frouxo; O vigor fácil de um bom verso amemos, Where Deuham's strength, and Woller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those...offence, 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... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1844 - 522 pages
...plainly framed upon the sound it represents. Pope also tells us, in his Poetical Essay on Criticism, " 'TIs not enough no harshness gives offence ; "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 ; "... | |
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Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, 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... 
