 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 דפים
...numbers can fix the principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 דפים
...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 e. 4 42.— On Man. LET us (since life can little more su:... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 דפים
...sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rocks vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 דפים
...numbers can fix the principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives, some rock's...of foot, he tried another experiment upon sound and and time, produced this memorable triplet : • * Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join ")... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 דפים
...that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line two labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift...of foot, he tried another experiment upon sound and and time, produced this memorable triplet : Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join ~) The varying... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 דפים
...numbers can fix the principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us that When Ajax strives some rock's vast...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; :•*.<.* j. ..* w.hen he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 דפים
...But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 דפים
...sounding shore, The hoarse ronghi verse should like a torrent roar. When Ajax strives some roi k's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labours, and...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope. 20. Good name in man and woman Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse, steals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 456 דפים
...But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flics o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. jFrom these lines, laboured with great attention,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 230 דפים
...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." FROM BLAIR'S LECTURES. CHAP. III. On Figures. FIGURES... | |
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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... 
