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" True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense... "
1785-1824 - Page 8
edited by - 1910
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of ..., Volumes 1-2

Lindley Murray - 1829 - 718 pages
...down. In the succeeding lines, smooth and rough verses correspond to the objects which they describe. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. BuI lvhen loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse, should like the torrent roar....
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Murray's English Reader

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...are ilam'd. SECTION V. VERSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother numbers (lows. Bait when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent...
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Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, Volumes 7-9

1830 - 470 pages
...given to the music. • Tis not enough)) no harshness gives offence, The suuud must aeem|| an eoho to the sense, Soft is the strain|| when Zephyr gently...blows, And the smooth stream|| in smoother numbers flow?; But when loud «irge8|| lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rougli v " - !! should like the...
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Pindar, tr. by C.A. Wheelwright

Pindarus - 1830 - 354 pages
...passage in his Art of Poetry intended to • represent the whispering breeze and the flowing stream. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. On this passage Dr. Johnson, in all the pride of acute, but rather ill-natured criticism, remarks,...
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Pindar

Pindar - 1830 - 380 pages
...passage in his Art of Poetry intended to represent the whispering breeze and the flowing stream. Sofi is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. On this passage Dr. Johnson, in all the pride of acute, but rather ill-natured criticism, remarks,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, 3GC Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. / learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...languishingly slow : And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ;...have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness give offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows,...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...feeble, according to the nature and design of the word, phrase, or passage delivered. EXAMPLES. Soft— Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. Loud — But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent...
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The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation ...

John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 pages
...languishingly slow; And praise the easy vigor of a line, Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As...offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense : And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, The...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...slow ; And praise the easy vigor of a line, 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from 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....
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