 | John Corry - 1820 - 328 страници
...sincere, honest, modest, it resembles Denham's beautiful description of the Thames ; " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full."" By mingling with adventurers from various nations, in London, the purity of the genuine English character... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 страници
...make thy stream " My great example, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet cl«ar ; though gentle, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in themselves not perfect; for most of the words, thus artfully opposed, are to be understood simply on... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 страници
...the Thames owes a great part of its fineness to the frequency and variety of the pauses: Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong, without rage; without o'erflowing, full. Mr. Auditor Benson* There is none of our poets of that class [the class of Dorset and Rochester] that... | |
 | John Corry - 1820 - 332 страници
...which, as the tide was then on the ebb, did not correspond with Denham's description, " Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." For it was then comparatively shallow, and its stream tinged with mud, and the various discolorations... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 страници
...the Thames owes a great part of its fineness to the frequency and variety of the pauses: Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong, without rage; without o'erflowing, full. Mr. Auditor Benson. There is none of our poets of that class [the class of Dorset and Rochester] that... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 462 страници
...strange, While his fair bosom is the world's cxclmnge. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep,...dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Although it is the current opinion that the Thames had its name from the conjunction of the Tharae... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 страници
...strangcr While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thec, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strongwithout rage, without o'erflowing full. DEMI AM. THIS fine river, if considered respectively... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1821 - 264 страници
...respect to Mr. Wesley's preaching, that it always reminded him of the lines of Denham, " Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing full." It is to be feared that Mr. Southey, in reality, takes exceptions to the doctrine taught by Mr. Wesley,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 328 страници
...strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee; and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme; Though deep,...clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage, without p'erflowing full; Heaven her Eridanus no more shall boast, Whose fame in thine, like... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 страници
...for a century past has imitated, are generally known : O could I flow like tbee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yetnotduH; Strong without rage, without overflowing fall-. The lines are in themselves not perfect;... | |
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O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full. 
