 | John Adams - 1789 - 376 Seiten
...Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throir, The line too labours, and the words move flow : Not Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fldms along the main. Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays furprife, And bid alternate paffions fall and... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 Seiten
...Ajax itrives fome rock's vail weight to throw, The line, too, labours, and the words move flo'vr : Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th? unbending corn, and Ikims along the main, »o. Good name, in man and Woman, * ' Is the immediate jewel of their fouls.... | |
 | Anselm Bayly - 1789 - 402 Seiten
...Immediate are the works of God, more fwift Than time or motion . — . When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow. The Rambler, vol. II. No. 92, 34, who fmiles, not without reafon, at the imaginary flight of Camilla... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 Seiten
...wore, The hoarfc, rough verfe (hould like the torrent roar. When Ajaxftrives fome rock's vaftweight the public gold. That tliievcs at home muft hang ;...but he that puts Into his overgonj'd and bloated pu Flics o'er th' unbending corn, and fltims alongthe main. Hear how Timotheus" varied lays furprife And... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 Seiten
...roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, md the words move (low; Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th* unbending corn, and fldiro along the main. From thcfe lines, lahoured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 Seiten
...founding fhoar, The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow : 37 1 Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 444 Seiten
...founding fhoar, The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow : 37 1 Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1799 - 156 Seiten
...founding fliore, The hoarfe, rough verfe mould like the torrent roar. When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow *. * H. xii. 378, &c. II. iiv. 410, Set. Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th'... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 Seiten
...hoarfe rough verfe mould like the torrent roar. Shio motion imitated. When Ajax flrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow. Swift and tafy motion* Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 Seiten
...ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to tlnow The line too labours, aud the words move flow : VOL. iv. G Not Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and flums along the main; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praife of Camilla's lightnefs... | |
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... 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 some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words... 
