 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 pagina’s
...reprefentative harmony, it will be fufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax ftrives— -the words move flow. Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkinis along the main ; ri-jien he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praife of Camilla's lightnefs... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1781 - 412 pagina’s
...(which Englifh word, by the way, is far from correfponding to the idea it conveys) is very unfortunate : Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkims along the main. His own fuocefs might have taught him that an Alexandrine verfe is more proper... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1772 - 374 pagina’s
...founding fhore, The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar; When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and ikims along the niain *. THESE lines are ufually cited as fine examples of adapting the found to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pagina’s
...founding fhore, The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw» The line too labours, and the words move flow : Not Not fo when fwift Camilla fceurs the plain, Flies o'er th'unbending corn, and fkims along the main.... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pagina’s
...founding fhore, The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along the main. Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays furprife, And bid alternate paflions fall and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 pagina’s
...founding more, The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkims along the main. From thefe lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pagina’s
...harmony, it will be fufRcient to remark that the poet, who tell§ us, that ** YTM When Ajax.ftrives — the words move flow. Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and Hums along the main ; when he liad enjoyed for about thirty years the praife of Camilla's lightnefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pagina’s
...harmony, it will be fufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that Whex When Ajax ftrives—the words move flow. Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th* unbending corn, and lkims along the main; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praife of Camilla's Hghtnefs of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 472 pagina’s
...roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The !he too labours, and the words move flowj Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th* unbending corn, and ikims along the main. From thefc lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 pagina’s
...foaming high, and tumbling to lhe moreIliad, xiii. 100.4. The laft fhall be of rapid motion prolonged : Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and flums along the main. Ejfay on Crit. 373. Again fpeaking of a rock torn from the brow of a mountain... | |
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... 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 some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words... 
