 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...  Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed - 272 페이지저자: Familiar quotations - 1883전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 페이지
...kind ought to be a caution to others not to attempt it. Had his lines " When Ajax strives some mighty weight to throw; "The line too labours, and the words...when swift Camilla scours the plain, " Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main," been all the author meant them in this respest, the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 페이지
...learn'd to dance. 'T is 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...throw, the line too labours, and the words move slow; 371 not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the... | |
 | 1810 - 462 페이지
...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...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 300 페이지
...stream in smoother numbers flrws : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough Terse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 페이지
...the sense. " Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, " And the smooth stream in smoother number flows : " But, when loud surges lash the sounding...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 384 페이지
...when loud surges lash the sounding shore, ' The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent rore. 1 When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...when swift Camilla scours the plain, ' Flies o'er tb' unbending corn, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 페이지
...principles of representative har^ mony, it wilt 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 th' unbending corn, and skims along the main; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 페이지
...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 th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 페이지
...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,...slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 페이지
...WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION Smooth and rough .verse. Soft is the strain when zephyr gentle blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows....The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and... | |
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