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" 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 334
by Joseph Priestley - 1781 - 374 pages
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

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...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 22

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...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 21

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....
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The Spectator

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....
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The Alliance of Musick, Poetry and Oratory: (1789)

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...
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Alexander Pope and His Critics: An essay on the genius and writings of Pope ...

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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