| Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 strani
...fmooth ; but Dryden taught to~| join I The varying verfe, the full-refounding line, / The long majeftick march, and energy divine. J Some improvements had been already made in Englifh numbers ; but the full force of our language was not yet felt; the verfe that was fmooth was... | |
| John Bell - 1796 - 480 strani
...quemquam Describi. vertere modum, formidine fustis Ad 3 bene dicendum, delectandunique redacti. • i Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine; Tho' still some traces of ouri rustic vein, 273 And splay-foot verse,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 strani
...; but Dryden taught to join } " The varying verfe, the full-rcfounding line, > " The long majeftick march, and energy divine. j " Some improvements had been already made in Englifh numbers ; but the full force of our language D 3 was was not yet felt ; the verfe that was... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 strani
...neglect Could hardly have any other cause than impatience of study. What can be said of his versification will be little more than a dilatation of the praise...; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. Some improvements had beeh already... | |
| John Walker - 1801 - 424 strani
...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... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 strani
...neglect could hardly have any other cause than impatience of study. What can be said of his versification will be little more than a dilatation of the praise...smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, die full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. Some improvements had been already... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 strani
...our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, 265 Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine ; Tho' still some traces of our rustic vein, 270 And splay-foot verse... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 strani
...could hardly have any other cause than impatience of study. " What can be said of his versification will be little more than a dilatation of the praise...: " Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join j " The varying verse, the full-resounding line, J " The long majestic march, and energy divine. )... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 strani
...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 varying verse, the full-resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine.* What ! did Milton contribute nothing to the harmony and extent... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 strani
...fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join "^ The varying verfe, the full-refounding line, > The long majeftic march, and energy divine. J Some improvements had been already made in Englifh numbers ; but the full force of our language was not yet felt ; the verfe that was fmooth was... | |
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