 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 страници
...creep," The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with " sleep:" Then, at the last and only couplet, fraught With some unmeaning thing they call " a thought," A needless Alexandrine ends the song, 356 That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 страници
...another work, has, I think, with better success, made choice of this very measure, to exhibit slowness ; A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along f . It deserves our notice, that in this couplet he seems to give it as his opinion of the Alexandrine,... | |
 | 1803 - 372 страници
...much admired in an ancient poet. The reader may observe the following lines in the same view. •-- A needless Alexandrine ends the song, " That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. " And afterwards, " 'Tis not enough no harshness givts offence, " The sound muse seem an echo to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 страници
...creep," The reader's threat'ned (not in vain) with " sleep :" Then, at the last and only couplet, fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless...like a wounded snake drags its slow length along, And praise the easy vigour of a line 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 страници
...» The reader's threaten'd (not in vain, with asleep: » Then at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought , A...Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, draws its slow length along. Leave such-te tune their own dull rhimes, and know What's roundly smooth... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 страници
...very much admired in an ancient poet. The reader may observe the following lines in the same view. A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. And afterwards, Tis not enough no harshness gives offenc?, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 страници
...Miltm. 8. Vigour of writing ; nervous diction ; force, opposed to softness, in writing or painting. Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and know...smooth, or languishingly slow; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength and Walter's sweetness join. fye. Caracci's strenrth, Coregjjio's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 страници
...the LSI and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless AlixanJrim ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. P^c's Essay on Criticism. i A 'R.MICK, adj. [from »bift'i» and ia'j.uen».] That drives away poison... | |
 | 1806 - 408 страници
...creep," The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with " sleep :" Then, at the last and only couplet, fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless...Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 страници
...sourit et applanit ses vagues, et le ciel lui-même s'embellit d'une lumière plus sereine et plus pure. A needless alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.* Pori, on auicmn. Swift , dans ses facéties poétiques, s'est amusé a faire des vers de vingt, trente... | |
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whispers through the trees ;' If crystal streams ' with pleasing murmurs creep," The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep;' Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends... 
