 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...  Self Culture - Stran 2781897Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 424 strani
...happier climates, into a soil less adapted to its nature, aud less favourable to its increase. • Soft is the strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. • When Ajax... | |
 | 1806 - 346 strani
...growth of happier climates, into a soil'less adapted to its nature, and less favourable to its increase. Soft is the strain when Zephyr 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 roar. When Ajax strives... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 strani
...anglaise; il prouvera ensuite quelle énorme différence existe entre un bon et un mauvais traducteur ; Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows ; And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;* *Le vers est doux quand zéphire souffle doucement ; et le doux ruisseau coule en vers plus doux (i)... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 strani
...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 swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.* VOL. i L These * Ver. 366. These lines are usually cited... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 strani
...sense. ' V165 Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,...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 Pope - 1807 - 474 strani
...the strain when aephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when lond surges lash the sounding shore. The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajrtx strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too lahours, and the words move slow : "Not.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 strani
...'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is Ihe strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift. Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the' unbending... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 340 strani
...sense. . Soft is the strain when Xelihyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flow* : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 strani
...down. In the succeeding lines, smooth and rough verses cor, respond to the objects which they describe. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...smoother numbers flows. But when loud surges lash the soimding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. The SECOND class of objects,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 strani
...The sound must seem an echo to the sense ; Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the mooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges...The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar r When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too labours, and the words move slow... | |
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