...Graecia capta ferum viftorem cepit, et artes Latio. fie horridus ille Britain to foft refinements lefs a foe, Wit grew polite, and ' Numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was fmooth ; but Dryclen taught to join T The long majeftic March, and Energy divine. ) The varying verfe,...

...our Captive's charms ; Her Arts victorious triumph'd o'er our Arms; Britain to foft refinements lefs a foe, Wit grew polite, and Numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe, the full-r The long majeftic march, Though ftill...

...quemquam Describi. vertere modum, formidine fustis Ad 3 bene dicendum, delectandunique redacti. • i Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying...line, The long majestic march, and energy divine; Tho' still some traces of our i rustic vein, 273 And splay-foot verse, remain'd, and will remain. Late,...

...hurts with wit. + We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's char Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and s numbers learn'd to flow. Libertasque recurrentes accepta per annos Lusit amabiliter: i donee jam...

...lightness of foot, he tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet: Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestick march, and energy divine. Here" ave the swiftness of the rapid...

...the end of the first line, the rising slide on the end of the second, and the falling on the last. Waller was smooth, but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. : to join 1 ine, i. ivine. J This...

...captives' charms, Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, 265 Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller...•) The varying verse, the full-resounding line, y The long majestic march, and energy divine; J Tho' still some traces of our rustic vein, 270 And...

...than a dilatation of the praise given it by Pope: " Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join j " The varying verse, the full-resounding line, " The long majestic march, and energy divine. ) " Some improvements had been already made in English numbers,-but the full force of our language...

...and not in Greek. Smith, though a scholar, has scarcely imitated Euripides at all, in his Phaedra. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The...line, The long majestic march, and energy divine.* What! did Milton contribute nothing to the harmony and extent of our language ? nothing to our national...

...in Greek. Smith, though a scholar, has scarcely imitated Euripides at all, in his Ph¿edra. Wailer was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying...line, The long majestic march, and energy divine.* S What! did Milton contribute nothing to the harmony and extent of our language? nothing to our national...