 But, when he speaks, what elocution flows! Soft as the fleeces of descending snows, The copious accents fall, with easy art; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart! Wondering we hear, and fix'd in deep surprise, Our ears refute the censure of our...  Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ... - Sida 961805 - 358 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 sidor
...complete idea of that mild and grace-i ful enunciation , which every person should endeavour to acquire. But when he speaks , what elocution flows! Soft as...descending snows, The copious accents fall , with easy art ; Mulling they fall , .md sink into the heart. It may be observed , that on the stage , a sentence... | |
 | Gilbert Austin - 1806 - 684 sidor
...ground, As one unskil1'd or dumb, he seem'U to stand, Nor rais'd his head, nor streteh'd his scepter'd hand; But when he speaks what elocution flows ! Soft...easy art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart ! Wondering we hear, and lix'd in deep surprise; utters a word, as if to collect himself in the presence... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 sidor
...ground, C8O As one unskuTd or dumb, he seem'd to stand, Nor rais'd his head, nor stretch'd his scepter'd hand ; But, when he speaks, what elocution flows!...descending snows, The copious accents fall, with easy art ; 285 Melting they fall, and sink into the heart! Wondering we hear, and fix'd in deep surprise ; Our... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 472 sidor
...A» ono miskili'd or dumh, he sccrn'd to stand, ' Nor rais'd his head, nor strotch'd his fioe'ptral hand! ' But, when he speaks, what elocution flows...snows, ' The copious accents fall, with easy art; 285 'Melting they full, and sink into the heart! ' Wond'rini; we hear, :md fix'd in deep surprise,... | |
 | Homerus - 1808 - 574 sidor
...unskilfd or dumh, he seem'd to stand, y or rals'd his head, nor stretch' d his scepter'd hand ; Bat, when he speaks, what elocution flows ! Soft as the fleeces of descending suows, The copious accents fall, with easy art; 285 Melting they fall, and sink into the heart ! Wondering... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 sidor
...ground, As one unskill'd'or dumb, he seem'd to stand, Nor rais'd his head, nor stretch' d his sceptred hand ; , But, when he speaks, what elocution flows;...into the heart! Wond'ring we hear, and fix'd in deep surprize, Our ears refute the censure of our eyes. POPE'S HOMER. Pallat / * Pallas arming. Pallas disrobes;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 sidor
...ground, As one unskill'd or dumb, he seem'd to stand, Nor rais'd his head, nor stretch his scepter'd hand ; But when he speaks, what elocution flows !...with easy art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heurt ! Wondering we hear, and fix'd in deep surprize ; Our ears refute the censure of our eyes." The... | |
 | 1813 - 352 sidor
...ground ; As one unskill'd or dumb, he seem'd to stand, Nor rais'd his head, nor stretch' d his sceptred hand , But, when he speaks, what elocution flows !...easy art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart ! Wondering we hear, and, fix'd in deep surprise, Our ears refute the censure of our eyes.' The king... | |
 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge - 1814 - 608 sidor
...rais'd his head, nor stretch'd his scepler'd hand ; But when he speaks, what elocution flows I vSoft as the fleeces of descending snows The copious accents...easy art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart ! Wondering we hear, and fix'd in deep surprize ; Our ears refute the censure of our eyes. ' I would... | |
 | Proclus - 1816 - 520 sidor
...given of Ulysses in the third book of the Iliad, v. 22. which is thus elegantly paraphrased by Pope. But when he speaks what elocution flows! Soft as the...easy art ; Melting they fall and sink into the heart. 1 Nicephorus in his commentary on Synesius de Insomniis, p. 362. informs us that the Hecatic orb is... | |
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