 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...the vice. Hence Satire rose, that just the medium hit, And heals with morals what it hurts with wit. We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms;...foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learned to flow. 1 In the year 1570 Clement Marot made a musical French version of the Psalms, with the hope of substituting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...be said of his versification will be little more than a dilatation of the praise given it by Pope : Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. Some improvements had beeh already... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...the end of the first line, the rising slide on the end of the second, and the falling on the last. Waller was smooth, but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine. : to join 1 ine, i. ivine. J This... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...it hurts with wit. WeconquerM France, but felt our captive's charms; Her arts victorious trinmph'd o'er our arms; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden tanght to join 1 The varying verse, the full-resounding... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...triumph'd o'er our arius ; Britain to soft refmements less a foe, 265 Wit grew polite, and numhers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine ; Though still some traces of our... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...hurts with wit. We conqaer'd France, but felt our captive's charms ; Her arts victorious trinmph'd o'er our arms ; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was smooth ; but Dryden tan The varying verse, the full-resound The long majestic... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...introduced, or an Alexandrine, or line of twelve syllables. You have an instance of both in these lines— " Waller was smooth — but Dryden taught to join " The varying verse — the full resounding line, " The long majestic march — and energy divine." The most frequent measure next... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...passage in his memory, when he composed the famous triplet descriptive of Dryden's versification : Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long niajeitic march, and energy divine. have gained for me. Let the French... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...passage in his memory, when he composed the famous triplet descriptive of Drydeu's versification : Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line. The long majestic march, and energy divine. have gained for me. Let the French... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...lightness of foot, he tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet ; Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join >. The varying verse, the full resounding line, ( The long majestick march, and energy divine. ) Here are the swiftness of the... | |
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Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine : Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse remain'd, and will remain. 
