 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 706 pages
...And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, Tlie hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar....vast weight to throw The line too labours, and the verse moves slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Fiies o'er lh' unbending com, aud skims... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loiid surges lash the sounding shore, The hoar.'e, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to threw The lino too labours, and the verse moves slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 278 pages
...hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow Motion imitated. When Ajax strives some roek's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow. Swtft and easy Motion. Not so when swift Camilla seours the plain, Flies o'er tfr unbending eorn, and... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 224 pages
...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...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. POPE, II. Good name, in man or woman, Js the immediate... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...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...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labors, ami the wards move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th" unbending... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...rock's vast weight to throw The line too labours, and the words move slow. , Swift and Easy Motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main, Felling Trees in a Wood. Loud sounds the axe, redoubling strokes on strokes; On all sides round the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 464 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 496 pages
...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...Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending coin, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 410 pages
...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, he tried another... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...torrent roar. much maturity of judgement, extent of reading, and. "When Ajax strives some rock's \rast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flees o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' • various lays surprise,... | |
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