 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 sivua
...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 of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 sivua
...founding fhore, The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. "When Ajax ftrivcs fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and flcims along the main. From thefe lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit,... | |
 | 1801 - 326 sivua
...founding fhore, The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and ikims along the main. From thefe lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 sivua
...founding fhore, The hoarfe rough verfe mould like the torrent roar. •When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...fcours the plain, , Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along the main. From thefe lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1803 - 372 sivua
...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." The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines, puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
 | 1803 - 412 sivua
...weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow j • Not so, 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 puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sivua
...vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow : Not so 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, puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 sivua
...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. Hear how Timothens' vary?d.lays surprise , And bid alternate passions Tall and rise ! "While at each... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 sivua
...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 of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another... | |
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... 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 too labours, and the words... 
