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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... "
Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ... - Page 308
by Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 436 pages
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 pages
...are narn'd. SECTION V. VERSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and Rough Ftrse. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should tike the torrent roar, Slow Motion Imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

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 strives...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 5

Francis Wrangham - 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 maturity...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - 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...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...art, not chance,. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense....stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges la?h the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1817 - 290 pages
...CORRESPONDS TO ÍIGNIFISXTIOH. S mouth and rottgk rersc. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently bio ws, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The huirse rough verse should like the torreut row. Slatv motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's...
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Elements of criticism [by H. Home].

Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 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...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 1

Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 pages
...down. In the succeeding lines, smooth and rough verses correspond to the objects whicli they describe. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. The SECOND class of objects, which the sound of words is often employed to imitate, is Motion: as it...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo 10 the sense : Soft is the strain when Zt phyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers...should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rocks vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...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...
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