 THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a tempest.—" Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder, the loudest you can, quantum sufficit.  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 257by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1886 - 592 pages
...prescription of Horace in his Art of Poetry, Nee Deus intersit, nisi dignus viiidice Nodus Incident — That is to say, a poet should never call upon the...their assistance, but when he is in great perplexity. FOK THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a Tempest. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster, and Boreas, and cast them together... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...in his ' Art of Poetry í ' Never presume to make a god appear. But for a business worthy of a god.' e of truth, in endless error hurled Burns, Zephyr, Auster, and Boreas, and cast them together'in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 pages
...t-'erse 191. ' Never presume to make a god appear But for a business worthy of a god/ — ROSCOMMON. That is to say, a poet should never call upon the...their assistance, but when he is in great perplexity." a general action ; with the happiness of two lovers raised from misery and anxiety to peace and union,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 pages
...—t/erse IQI. * Never presume to make a ffod appear But for л business worthy of a god.'— ROSCOMMON. That is to say, a poet should never call upon the gods for their assistance, bul when he is in great perplexity." a general action; with the happiness of two lovers raised from... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - 1888 - 368 pages
...nodus Incident. — Never presume to make a God appear But for a business worthy of a God. Roscommon. That is to say, a poet should never call upon the...in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder, the loudest you can, quantum sufficit. Mix your clouds and billows well together, till... | |
 | James Burnley - 1888 - 496 pages
...Swift, once upon a time, gave a recipe for manufacturing a storm. " For your tempest," he wrote, " take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster, and Boreas, and cast them...rain, lightning, and thunder — the loudest you can — quantam sufficit. Mix your clouds and billows well together till they foam, and thicken your description... | |
 | J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 362 pages
...Nodus Incident. Never presume to make a God appear, But for a business worthy of a God. — Roscommon. That is to say, a poet should never call upon the...in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder (the loudest you can) quantum sufficit. Mix your clouds and billows well together until... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 pages
..."Diction," p. 38. s Young : The Merchant, strain 2, st. 15; strain 3, st. 9; strain 8, st. 13-17. 4 " For a Tempest take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas...and cast them together in one verse ; add to these rain and lightning, quantum sufficit: mix century was Falconer's Shipwreck written in 1762. It is a... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 328 pages
..."Diction," p. 38. 3 Young : The Merchant, strain 2, St. 15 ; strain 3, st-9 ; strain 8, st. 13-17. <"Fora Tempest take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas and cast them together in one verse; add to these rain and lightning, yuan/urn sufficit: mix century was Falconer's Shipwreck written in 1762. It is... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 458 pages
...Nodus Inciderit Never presume to make a god appear, But for a business worthy of a god. — Roscommon. That is to say, a poet should never call upon the...in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder (the loudest you can) quantum sufficit. Mix your clouds and billows well together until... | |
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