 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pagine
...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 - 1781 - 516 pagine
...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 - 516 pagine
...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, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
 | 1808 - 674 pagine
...hoarse rough Terse 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 iwift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Essay on Criticism.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagine
...to remark that the poet wlio tells us, that When 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 ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
 | 1803 - 290 pagine
...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 move slow ; Not...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims jlong the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and... | |
 | 1803 - 372 pagine
...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 move slow , "...when swift Camilla scours the plain, " Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main." The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pagine
...hoarse rough verse should like the torrentroar: ^/Vhen Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labours , and the words move slow ; Not..., when swift Camilla scours the plain , Flies o'er th' unbending corn , and skims along the main. Hear how Timothens' vary?d.lays surprise , And bid alternate... | |
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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... 
