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 some rock's vast weight to throw, The line... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Seite 178von Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1729 - 314 Seiten
...vaft Weight to throw, The Line too labours, and the Words move flow; Het fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the Plain, flies o'er th' unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. THE beautiful Diftich upon Ajax in the foregoing Lines, puts me in Mind of a Defcription in Homer's... | |
| John Bell - 1796 - 524 Seiten
...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line loo labours, and the words move slow; 371 Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along tli« Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays surprise, [mais. And bid alternate passions fall and rise, 375... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 Seiten
...flow. • . . Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, . Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praife of Camilla's lightnefs of foot, tried another experiment upon found and time, and produced this... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 Seiten
...words move flow. Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praife of Camilla's lightnefs of foot, tried another experiment upon fou nd and time, and produced... | |
| samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 Seiten
...words moveflow. Not ib when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, andfkims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praife of Camilla's lightncfs of foot, tried another experiment upon found and time, and produced this... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 Seiten
...words move flow. Not io when fwift CamilU fcours the plain, Flies o'er th* unbending com, and {kirns along the main when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praKi of Camilla's lightnefs of foot, tried another experiraeot upotujcund and time, and produced this... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 Seiten
...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 foot, tried another experiment upon found and time, and produced this... | |
| George Campbell - 1801 - 404 Seiten
...introduceth a line of the same kind a little after in the same piece, to represent uncommon speed : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main J. A most wonderful and peculiar felicity in this measure to be alike adapted to imitate the opposite... | |
| George Campbell - 1801 - 404 Seiten
...introduceth a line of the same kind .a little after in the same piece, to represent uncommon speed : Not so. when, swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn,. and skims along, the mainj. A most wonderful and 'peculiar felicity in this measure to be alike adapted to ^mitate the opposite... | |
| 1803 - 372 Seiten
...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...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... | |
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