 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...billows lafh the 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 move flow; Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and flcims along the main.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...fmoother number» flows; But when loud furge? lam the fonnding.ftcre. The ho.-.rfe, rough vcrfe ihould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, з?о The line too labours, and the words move flow. Not fowhen fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 pages
...fhore, The hoarfe rough verfe ihould like die torrent roar. SLOW MOTION. IMITATED. When Ajar drives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the wprds Inove flow. SWIFT AND EAST MOTION. Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, " Flies o'er th'... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...Poet. 1. iii. ver. 403.. But when loud furges lafh the founding more, The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's...throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow : 37 1 Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fldms along... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 558 pages
...furges lafli the founding fliore, The hoarfe, rough rerfe mould like the torrent roar : When Ajax drives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow : 371 Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th* unbending corn, and fkims along the... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 900 pages
...furrows rife, A dreadful fcene ! and Jkim before his eyes. Addifon. When Ajax ftrives fame rock's valt weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow j Not fo when fwift Camilla fccurs the plain, Fliel o'er th ' unbending corn, and Jklmt along the main.... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...founding fhore, " The hoaife rough verfe fhould, like the torrent, roar. " When Ajax ftrives fotne 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 the unbending corn, and (kirns along the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 pages
...lafli the founding fhore, 'The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar. Slow Motion Imitated. H When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow. Swift and easy Motion. Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Elies o'er th' unbending corn, and... | |
 | 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
...Time 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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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... 
