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...representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us, that When Ajai the foundation of an empire. His subject is the fate...revolutions of heaven and of earth ; rebellion against th plnin, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main : when he had enjoyed for about thirty...

...when loud billows lash the sounding shore. The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. rVhen Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; fat so when swift Camilla scours the plain, ''lies o'er the unbending corn and skims along the mala,...

...the torrent roar. Smooth and rough verse. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vnst weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow. Swift and easy motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and...

...slow, O'er hills, o'er dales, o'er crags, o'er rocks they go." Iliad XXIII. 138. " When Ajax strive some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow." Essay on Oriticism, 370. 935. Virgil, describing the efforts of the Cyclops in forming the thunder,...

...death, cannot extinguish its influence. Let no man despair, then, of the christian cause. When Ajaz strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labours, and the words move slow. That morning, thou, that slumber'ds/ not before, Nor slepisi, great Ocean, lai</s/ thy waves at rest,...

...pause, which occasions a very drawling movement Another example I shall take from the same author. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow *. In the first of these lines, the harsh combination of consonants make the difficulty of pronunciation...

...slow, O'er hills, o'er dales, o'er crags, o'er rocks they go." Iliad XXIIl. 138. " When Ajax strive some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow." Essay on Criticism, 370. 235. Virgil, describing the efforts of the Cyclops in forming the thunder,...

...very drawling movement. Another example I shall take from the same author : When Ajax strives somo rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow.J In the first of these lines, the harsh combinations of consonants make the difficulty of pronunciation...

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