 | English literature - 1831 - 368 pages
...passions, by the low or lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter likewise, with his rhyme striketh a certain music to the ear ; and, in fine,...in neither, majesty. Truly the English, before any vulgar language I know, is fit for both sorts ; for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of vowels,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1853 - 430 pages
...lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter likewise with his Rhyme striketh a certain musick to the ear ; and, in fine, since it doth delight,...in neither majesty. Truly the English, before any vulgar language I know, is fit for both sorts ; for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of vowels,... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1860 - 404 pages
...passions, by the low or lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter, likewise, with his rhyme striketh a certain music to the ear; and, in fine,...in neither, majesty. Truly the English, before any vulgar language I know, is fit for both sorts ; for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of vowels,... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - English language - 1860 - 736 pages
...lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter likewise with his ryme striketh a certain musicke to the ear, and in fine, since it doth delight, though...obtaineth the same purpose, there being in either sweetnesse, and wanting in neither, Majestic, and truly the English, before any vulgar language I know,... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - 1863 - 740 pages
...lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter likewise with his ryme striketh a certain musicke to the ear, and in fine, since it doth delight, though...obtaineth the same purpose, there being in either sweetnesse, and wanting in neither, Majestie, and truly the English, before any vulgar language I know,... | |
 | 1866 - 400 pages
...lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter likewise with his rhyme striketh a certain musick to the ear; and, in fine, since it doth delight, though...in neither majesty. Truly the English, before any vulgar language I know, is fit for both sorts; for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of vowels,... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - English language - 1867 - 766 pages
...lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter likewise with his ryme striketh a certain musicke to the ear, and in fine, since it doth delight, though...obtaineth the same purpose, there being in either sweetnesse, and wanting in neither, Majestic, and truly the English, before any vulgar language I know,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...the low or lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter, likewise, with his rhyme strikcth + I " vulgar language I know, is fit for both sorts ; for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of vowels,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 870 pages
...well-weighed syllable. The hitter likewise with his rhyme striketh a certain musick to the ear; und, in fine, since it doth delight, though by another...wanting in neither majesty. Truly the English, before tny vulgar language I know, it fit Tor both sorts ; for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...passions, by the low or lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter, likewise, with his rhyme striketh a certain music to the ear ; and, in fine,...in neither, majesty. Truly the English, before any vulgar language I know, is tit for both sorts ; for, for the ancient, the Italian is so full of vowels,... | |
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... observing quantity; and more fit lively to express divers passions, by the low or lofty sound of the well-weighed syllable. The latter likewise with his rhyme striketh a certain music to the ear; and, in fine, since it doth delight, though by another... 
