 | Philip Neve - 1789 - 140 Seiten
...an encomium ; and is not, perhaps, at this day, any where equalled. Thcfe celebrated verfes however, O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream My great...Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. Heav'n her Erldanus no more ihall boaft ; Her fame in thine, like lefler currents, loft ; Thy nobler... | |
 | William Beckford - 1790
...happy example, and upon which the above-mentioned critic has beftowed a very warm and elegant encomium. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream My great...theme! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strpng without rage, without o'er-flowing, full. Of this gigantic prodigy of literary perfeverance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 508 Seiten
...1 * By Garth, in hi* " Poem on Claremont," and by Pope, in his " Windfor Foreft." H. " Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet " not dull; ** Strong...full." The lines are in themfelves not perfect; for molt of the words, thus artfully oppofed, are to be underftood (imply on one fide of the comparifon,... | |
 | William Beckford - 1790 - 476 Seiten
...critic has beftowed a very warm and elegant encomium. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftrcam My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep,...clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o'er- flowing, full. Of this gigantic prodigy of literary perfeverance and fuccefs, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 Seiten
...By Garth, in his " Poem on Clarenjont," and by Pope, :a hi» " Windfor Foreft." H. * ( Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not "dull; " Strong...The lines are in themfelves not perfect; for moft t>f the words, thus artfully oppofed, are to be underftood fimply on one fide of the comparifon, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 Seiten
...thee, and make thy " ftream " My great example, as it is my theme ! " Tho' deep yet clear; tho' gentle, yet not " dull; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing " full." The lines are in themfelves not pcrfecT: : for moft of the words, thus artfully oppofed, are to be underftood fimply on one fide of... | |
 | 1798 - 764 Seiten
...its refivining waters flow, may be deemed the fair emblem of Mr. Murray's eloquence : ' Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; . , Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full/ « II." Mr. Murray had confcfledly formed himfelf oa the beft moO.els of eloquence. His voice was mellifluous,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...a century past has imitated, are generally known: " O could I flow like thee, and mike thy stream " My great example, as it is my theme ! " Though deep,...clear; though gentle, yet not dull; " Strong without rage, without o'erfloiving full." The lines arc in themselves not perfect ; for most of the words,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 Seiten
...few who make verses, have observed the sweetness of these two lines in COOPER'S HILL : " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. "' 6 See the Preface to ALBION AND ALBANIUS, vol. ii. p. 163, where also our author mentions that he... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 Seiten
...few who make verses, have observed the sweetness of these two lines in COOPER'S HILL : " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. 7 6 See the Preface to ALBION AND ALBANIUS, vol. ii. p. 163, where also our author mentions that he... | |
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O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full. 
