| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 sider
...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, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main... | |
| 1810 - 462 sider
...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, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 sider
...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, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 sider
...when loud surges lash the sounding shore, 368 The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.' When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : VAKUTIONI. Ver. 320. Ed. 1. A vile conceit in pompous style express'd. Ver. 338. Ed. 1 And smooth... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 sider
...lash the sounding shore, 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 the .words' move slow. ,,* * Sensual pleasure. . v . Swift and Easy Motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 sider
...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, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 sider
...harmony, it will be sufficient to remark, that the poet,, who tell* ns, When Ajax strives some rtick's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Files o'cf th' unbending corn, ami skinis along the... | |
| Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 sider
...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, " The line too labors, and the words move slow : " Not so, when swift CAMILLA scours the plain, " Flies o'er th' unbending... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 sider
...But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The horse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 sider
...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, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main—-... | |
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