 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound...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... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 224 pages
...art, not ckance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness giyes offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense....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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 464 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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...» * * ' 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soil is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, . ,' Ttoe hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. much... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...glide, And ships secure without their haulsers ride. Odytsey, iii. 118. Another example of the latter : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. Es'ay on Crit. 366. Fifthly, Prolonged motion is expressed in an Alexandrine line. The first example... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...ships secure without their haulsers ride. • • Another example of the latter: Odyssey, iii. 118. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. Essay on Crit. 366. Fifthly, Prolonged motion is expressed in an Alexandrine line. The first example... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 424 pages
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must...gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers Sows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis. not enough no harshness give offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 368 pages
...iroin art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. "Tis not enough no liarshness gives offence ; ..The sound must seem an echo to the...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse ronghi verse should like a torrent roar. When Ajax... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...writing comes from art, not chuiicc, As those move easiest w ho have leani'd to dance. "Tis not euiugh no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an...zephyr gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother nun bers flows J But when loud surges lash the sounding shore. The hoarse rough verse should like the... | |
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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 like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives... 
