 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pagina’s
...slow ; And praise the easy vigor of a line, 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pagina’s
...slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poets' lays, Due to Icarn'd to dance. * I 'in not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pagina’s
...Alexandrine ends the song. Tnat like a wounded snake drags its slow length alón;. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when /.ephyr gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows: But... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pagina’s
...slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As...offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1839 - 844 pagina’s
...by Pope : 1. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; A* those move easiest who have learnt to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently hlowi, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pagina’s
...languishing!}- slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. gives it, or receives learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pagina’s
...mistake of supposing that easy writing must be easy reading. It is quite the contrary. As Pope says, " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance*." " The best performances," says Melmoth, " have generally cost the most labour ; and that ease which... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 352 pagina’s
...mistake of supposing that easy writing must be easy reading. It is quite the contrary. As Pope says, " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; As those move easiest who have learned to dance*." " The best . performances," says Melmoth, " have generally cost the most labour; and that ease which... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pagina’s
...mistake of supposing that easy writing must be easy reading. It is quite the contrary. As Pope says, " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance*." " The best performances," says Melmoth, " have generally cost the most labour ; and that ease which... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 pagina’s
...indissolubly firm the chain, That binds, with links of love, thy Mother's heart ! IMITATIVE HARMONY. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope's Essay on Criticism*. 'Tis not enough his verses to complete In measure, numbers, or determined... | |
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream... 
