 | 1729 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...vaft Weight to throw, The Line too labours, and the Words move flow; Het fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the Plain, flies o'er th' unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. THE beautiful Diftich upon Ajax in the foregoing Lines, puts me in Mind of a Defcription in Homer's... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line loo labours, and the words move slow; 371 Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along tli« Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays surprise, [mais. And bid alternate passions fall and rise, 375... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - عدد الصفحات: 714
...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...subject, he introduceth a line of the same kind a little after in the same piece, to represent uncommon speed : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main J. A most wonderful and peculiar felicity in this measure to be alike adapted to imitate the opposite... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...subject, he introduceth a line of the same kind .a little after in the same piece, to represent uncommon speed : Not so. when, swift Camilla scours the plain,...Flies o'er th' unbending corn,. and skims along, the mainj. A most wonderful and 'peculiar felicity in this measure to be alike adapted to ^mitate the opposite... | |
 | 1803 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, " The line too labours, and the words move slow , " Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, " Flies...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main." The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines, puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
 | 1803 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims jlong the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit, may... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 716
...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : , Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 418
...^/Vhen Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labours , and the words move slow ; Not so , when swift Camilla scours the plain , Flies...o'er th' unbending corn , and skims along the main. Hear how Timothens' vary?d.lays surprise , And bid alternate passions Tall and rise ! "While at each... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 578
...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. The beautiful Distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines, puts me in mind of a description in Homer's... | |
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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 some rock's vast weight to throw, The line... 
