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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... "
A System of Phrenology - Page 410
by George Combe - 1837 - 664 pages
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...wlio tells us, that When 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...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 406 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 6

1803 - 290 pages
...should like the torrent roar. 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...
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Select British Classics, Volume 14

1803 - 372 pages
...like the torrent roar. " 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." The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines,...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words...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,...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...tioet who tells us, that 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...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...like the torrentroar: ^/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...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...slim before his eyes. Atf. 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 sk:ms along the main. Pope. Such as have active spirits, who are ever slimming...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...should like the torrent roar : 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.* VOL. i L These * Ver. 366. These lines are usually cited...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 1

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...like the torrent roar ; "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.* tort, on ctiticitm. PREMIÈRE TRADUCTION. Que le style...
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