...cannot extinguish it* influence. Let no man despair, then, of the Christian cause. When Ajaz sirives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labours, and the words move slow. That morning, thou, that slumber'drf not before, Nor slepfst, great Ocean, \aidst thy waves at rest,...

...The hoarse, rough verse, should like the torrent roar Slow Motion imitated. When Ajax strives somei rock's vast 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'...

...But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The ho'arse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending...

...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 too labors, and the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, plies o'er the unbending...

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...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 too labours, and the words move slow : 370 Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the...

...exceedingly influenced by quantity. Pope certainly knew this, and exemplified it in his couplet: " When Ajaz strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow." The pure metre, being accentual, would be the same if he had written, " When Aiis aims & rrtc'k^ mdss...

...occasions a very drawling movement. Another example 1 shall take from the same author : " When Ajai 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 combinations of consonants make the difficulty of pronunciation...

...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 too labours, and the words move slow : 371 Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the...

...raises, by the difficulty of pronouncing contrary to custom, a feeling similar to that of hard labor: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow. Essay on Crit. 370. Ninthly ; harsh or rough words pronounced with...