| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...heavy mules' are neither horse' nor ass'. POPE. 41 HARMONY OF EXPRESSION. BUT most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them is right or wrong : In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 páginas
...with country, town, and court. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are...the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong. In the bright Muse though thousand... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 páginas
...first by whom the new are tried, 335 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 Who haunt Parnassus but... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 páginas
...expression. The following is one of the most admired passages : — air, V But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : In the bright muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire. Who haunt Parnassus but to please... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 páginas
...appropriateness of expression. The following is one of the most admired passages : — But most by numbers judge a poet's song; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong: In the bright muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire. Who haunt Parnassus but to please... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 páginas
...Remember Colin's dreadful fate, And fear to meet him there, T2 ON VERSIFICATION. MANY by Numbers judge a Poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong : In the bright muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt Parnassus but to please... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1839 - 316 páginas
...writer than to the language. In words, as fashions, the same rule will liold ; . Alike fantastic if too new or old ; ' Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.* 110. By the use of good words new modelled. The third species of barbarism, is that produced... | |
| George Campbell - 1840 - 450 páginas
...barbarism, is extremely good. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old asidei. PART III. — By the use of good words new-modelled. The third species of barbarism is... | |
| Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 884 páginas
...the first by whom the new are try'd Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by Numbers judge a Poet's song; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong: In the bright Muse, tho' thousand charms conspire, Her Voice is oil these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt Parnassus but... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...may be found a character of mock-eloquence drawn by the hand of a master. But most by Numbers1 judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong- ; In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to... | |
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