 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...By Garth, in his " Poem on Clarenjont," and by Pope, :a hi» " Windfor Foreft." H. * ( Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not "dull; " Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full." The lines are in themfelves not perfect; for moft t>f the words, thus artfully oppofed, are to be underftood... | |
 | 1798 - 764 pages
...its refivining waters flow, may be deemed the fair emblem of Mr. Murray's eloquence : ' Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; . , Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full/ « II." Mr. Murray had confcfledly formed himfelf oa the beft moO.els of eloquence. His voice was mellifluous,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...few who make verses, have observed the sweetness of these two lines in COOPER'S HILL : " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. "' 6 See the Preface to ALBION AND ALBANIUS, vol. ii. p. 163, where also our author mentions that he... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...few who make verses, have observed the sweetness of these two lines in COOPER'S HILL : " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. 7 6 See the Preface to ALBION AND ALBANIUS, vol. ii. p. 163, where also our author mentions that he... | |
 | John Moore - Italy - 1803 - 500 pages
...exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Heaven her Eridanus no more fhall boaft, Whofe fame in thine, like lefler current's loft. You will... | |
 | Virgil - Agriculture - 1803 - 408 pages
...few who make verses, have observed the sweetness of these two lines in Cooper's Hill : Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full — s and there are yet fewer who can find the reason of that sweetness. I have given it to some of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...could I flow like thee, and make thy stream " My great examp'e, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in fhemselves not perfect; for most af the words, thus artfully opposed, are to be unU3 derstood... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...* By Garth, in his « Poem on Clarcmont j" and by Pope, in *is " Windfor Foreft." H. " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in themfelves not perfect ; for moft of the words, thus artfully oppofed, are to be underftood... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...there. О could I (low like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep yet clear ; though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Hcav'n her Eridanus no more shall bout; Her fame in thine, like lesser currents, lost; Thy nobler streams... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 796 pages
...О could I flow like tbee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is iny theme ! Thoug-h deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong -without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. Of this famous passage, to which Dryden has nothing equal, and Pope nothing supérieur, Dr. Johnson... | |
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O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. 
