 | Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1744 - 496 pages
...doubts of this, let him read ten lines in Donne, and he'll be quickly convinc'd. Befides, their verfes ran all into one another; and hung together, throughout a whole copy, like the hook'd Atoms that compofe a Body in des Cartes. There was no diftinftion of parts, no regular flops,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 276 pages
...throughout a whole copy, like the hooked Atoms that compofe a Body in Defcartes. There was nb diftin&ion of parts, no regular ftops, nothing for the ear to...went, like a larum, inceflantly; and the reader was ft:re to be out of breath, before he got to the end of it. So that really Verfe in thofe days was but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 274 pages
...compofe a Body in Defcartes. There was no diftinftion of parts, no regular ftops, nothing for th« ear to reft upon : but, as foon as the copy began,...went, like a larum, inceflantly ; and the reader was fi:re to be out of breath, before he got to the end of it. So that really Verfe in thofe days was but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 346 pages
...compofe a Body in Defcartes. There was no1 diftinclion of parts, no regular ftops, nothing for the' car to reft upon : but, as foon as the copy began, down...went, like a larum, inceflantly ; and the reader was fare to be otit of breath, before he got to the end of it. So that really Verfe in thofe days was but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 348 pages
...doubts of this, let him read ten lines in Donne, and he will be quickly convinced. Befides, their verfes ran all into one another ; and hung together, throughout...copy, like the hooked Atoms that compofe a Body in Defcartes. There was no diftin&ion of parts, no regular flops, nothing for the ear to reft upon : but,... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - English letters - 1783 - 478 pages
...quickly convinced. Befides, their verfes ran all into one another; and hung together, throughthroughout a whole copy, like the hooked atoms that compofe a body in Des Cartes. There was no diftindYion of parts, no regular flops, nothing for the ear to reft upon ; but, as foon as the copy... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...doubts of I his let him read ten lines in Donne, and he will be quickly convinced. Besides, their verses ran all into one another, and hung together, throughout a whole copy, like the hooked atoms that compose a body in Des Cartes. There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops, nothing for the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...let him read ten lines in Donne, and he will be quickly convinced. Besides, their verses ran all hito one another ; and hung together, throughout a whole copy, like the hooked atoms that compose a body in Descartes. There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops, nothing for the ear... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - Classicism - 1885 - 318 pages
...doubts of this, let him read ten lines in Donne, and he'll quickly be convinced. Besides their verses ran all into one another, and hung together, throughout a whole copy, like the hooked atoms that compose a body in Descartes. " There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops, nothing for the... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - Classicism - 1885 - 264 pages
...doubts of this, let him read ten lines in Donne, and he'll be quickly convinc'd. Besides, their verses ran all into one another, and hung together, throughout a whole copy, like the hook't atoms, that compose a body in Des Cartes. There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops,... | |
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There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops, nothing for the ear to rest upon ; but as soon as the copy began, down it went like a larum, incessantly ; and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it... 
