 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 pages
...versification are equally applicable to the just modulations of the voice in reading and speaking : " 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, " The...gently blows, " And the smooth stream in smoother number flows : " But, when loud surges lash the sounding shore, '' The hoarse, rough verse should like... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION Smooth and rough .verse. Soft is the strain when zephyr gentle blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows....The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...sweetness True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, [f>63 As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. *Tis not enough no harshness gives offence....echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr g ntly blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers Bows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. ''Pis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must...seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zqihyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows, But when loud billows lash the... | |
 | 1810 - 462 pages
...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...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 strives... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 460 pages
...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...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 strives... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...to dance. Tisnot enough no harshness gives offence, The sound musit seem an pcho to the sense?, ft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows, But when loud billows lash the sounding shore. The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. [throw, When... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 384 pages
...Alexandrine ends the song, ' That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.' And afterwards, ' 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; ' The sound must seem an echo to the sense. ' Sift is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, * And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows :... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...soil less adapted to its nature, and less favourable to its increase. Soft is the strain, when Zrphyr gently blows, And the 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 strives... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...chance, Where Denham's strengh, and Waller's sweetness join. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence,...Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother number flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight... | |
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Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; 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... 
