 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 σελίδες
...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...years, the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet : Waller was smooth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 σελίδες
...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...thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet ; Waller was smooth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 σελίδες
...sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to tlirow, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not...years, the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet : Waller was smooth... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 σελίδες
...; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like a torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.— Pop* 20. Good name; in man and woman Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse, steals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 σελίδες
...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...when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' uubending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed, for about thirty years, the-praise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 532 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 σελίδες
...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...Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies • iVr ill' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed, for about thirty years,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 σελίδες
...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 main. Hear how Timothens' varied lays surprise, And bid alternate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 σελίδες
...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 skimi along the main — when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
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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... 
