 | R. Turner (B.A.) - 1845 - 318 страници
...far from destroy ing natural ease and elegance, that they cannot be acquired by any other means. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. POPE. But the second part of the beforementioncd precept for writing letters is,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 страници
...words to fame have made pretence, Ancients in phrase, mere moderns in their sense."—1. 324, 5. " TU not enough no harshness gives offence; The sound must seem an echo to the sense."—I. 364, 5. " At every trifle scorn to take offence; That always shows great pride or little... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1845 - 60 страници
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; Aa thoKO move easiest who have learnt to d.ince. JTi8 not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the cense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother members flows... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1845 - 552 страници
...upon the sound it represents. Pope also tells us, in his Poetical Essay on Criticism, " Tis not enongh 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 amoother numbers Howe ; "... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 страници
...Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. % True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, v As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. *Tis...enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem on echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 454 страници
...course is diametrically opposite to that alluded to in the well known lines of Pope,— 11 True grace in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who bavo learned to dance." In this maxim it is assumed that natural ease and grace of carriage, are best... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 страници
...And praise the easy vigour of a line, 360 Where Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those...offence, The sound must seem an Echo to the sense. 365 NOTES. Ver. 362. True ease] Writers who seem to have composed with the greatest ease, have exerted... | |
 | 1847 - 540 страници
...The style is excellent," The sense they humbly take upon content. POPE'S Essay on Criticism. 11. True ease, in writing, comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. POPE'S Essay on Criticism. 12. Talk as you will of taste, my friend, you'll find Two of a face, as... | |
 | 1847 - 526 страници
...The style is excellent," The sense they humbly take upon content. POPE'S Essay on Criticism. 11. True ease, in writing, comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. POPE'S Essay on Criticism. 12. Talk as you will of taste, my friend, you 'il find Two of a face, as... | |
 | Mario Klarer - 1999 - 180 страници
...Pope's (1688-1744) "Essay on Criticism" (1711) is a self-reflexive example of this technique: True case in writing comes from art. not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harslmess gives offense. The sound must seem an echo to the sense:... | |
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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... 
