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 move flow ; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along the... A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism - Page 334by Joseph Priestley - 1781 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 pages
...fhore, The hoarfe rough verfe Ihould like the torrent roar. Slow Motion imitated. When Ajax ftrives ibme rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow. Swift and eafy Motion. Not fo when fwift Camilla icours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and... | |
| 1816 - 752 pages
...had thrown the writings of many poet* into the river of oblivion. Dryden. — When Ajax drives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow. Pof,. —The air-pump, barometer, and quadrant, were thrown out to thofe bufy fpirits. Sptfl. a. To... | |
| 1816 - 808 pages
...furrows rife, A dreadful fcene ! and skim before his eyes. Addifan. When Ajax drives fomc rock's vad weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 704 pages
...sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the lorrent roar. When Ajar strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.... | |
| Anselm Bayly - 402 pages
...of execution. Immediate arc the works of God, more fwift Than time or motion When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow. The Rambler, vol. II. No. 92, 34, who fmiles, not without reafon, at the imaginary flight of Camilla in... | |
| Joseph Warton - 2004 - 508 pages
...lafh the founding fliore, The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar; When Ajax drives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending corn, and flcims along the main... | |
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