 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...  English Poets of the Eighteenth Century - Página 29editado por - 1918 - 364 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 páginas
...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...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 - 1805 - 924 páginas
...glide along. Thin airy shapes o'er the furrows rise, A dreadful scene ! and slim before his eyes. Atf. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...scours the plain, Flies o'er th* unbending corn, and sk:ms along the main. Pope. Such as have active spirits, who are ever slimming over the surface of... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 páginas
...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...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.* VOL. i L These * Ver. 386. These lines are usually cited as fine examples of adapting the sound to... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 páginas
...plusieurs expressions pour rendre le mot doux: ITTEET, SMOOTH, MEEK , MUD , KIND, GIKT1E. But , when loud surges lash the sounding shore , The hoarse , rough..., when swift Camilla scours the plain , Flies o'er th'unbending corn , and skims along the main.* POPE , on criticiim. PREMIÈRE TRADUCTION. Que le style... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 páginas
...stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough Terse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.* •- voi,. r L These * Ver. 366. These lines are usually cited as fine examples -of adapting the sound... | |
 | 1806 - 346 páginas
...gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the soundsng shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent...weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words more slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Fl ies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along... | |
 | 1806 - 408 páginas
...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...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, Ths line too labours, and the words move slow j Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 páginas
...the strain when Zephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to tbrow, The line too lahours, and the words move slow: 171 Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 340 páginas
...the strain when Xelihyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flow* : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 páginas
...strain when Zipbyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...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... | |
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