 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...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Страница 120по Samuel Johnson - 1806Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 страници
...same piece, in the subsequent lines, and with tolerable success, at least in the concluding couplet: 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 f. An attempt of... | |
 | 1803 - 412 страници
...'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, 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... | |
 | Adrian Hardy Haworth - 1803 - 430 страници
...vowels tire, While expletives \hf\T fetbie aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbersßaws ; Eut when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 страници
...to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 365 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 страници
...to dance. 'Tis not enough, no harshness gives offence , The sound must aeem 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 torrentroar: ^/Vhen Ajax strives... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 страници
...And afterwards, Tis not enough no harshness gives offenc?, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows ; And...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... | |
 | 1806 - 346 страници
...transplanted this flower, the growth of happier climates, into a soil'less adapted to its nature, and less favourable to its increase. Soft is the strain...smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the soundsng shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 страници
...preposition or conjunction. J^^ if»*Ar.i •;•• ^*\ • -( '"*• . "r ,'-•'•••.• * ' 28. 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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 страници
...learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, 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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 страници
...anglaise; il prouvera ensuite quelle énorme différence existe entre un bon et un mauvais traducteur ; Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows ; And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;* *Le vers est doux quand zéphire souffle doucement ; et le doux ruisseau coule en vers plus doux (i)... | |
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