...sense." &c. &c. Again — " With many a weary step, and many a groan. Up the high hill he bears the huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." In conclusion the lecturer observed : — The most important and binding law on poets is to write nothing...

...Again — " With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he bears the huge round stone j The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." mankind being deeply interested in their writings : there is a higher tribunal n's judgment, and their...

...survey'd A mournful vision ! the Sisyphian shade ; With many a weary step, and many a groan, 735 Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge...bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the The fruit he strives to seize; but blasts arise, Toss it on high, and whirl it to the skies. Again...

...Laborious and impetuous Motion. With many a weary step, and many a groan, tip the high hill he heave* a huge round stone : The huge round stone resulting...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Regular and slow Movement. First march the heavy mules securely slow ; O'er hills', o'er dales, o'er...

...rolled the stone up it ; and, therefore, the latter part of his punishment would have been impossible. " The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." So steep is the ascent that common sand or gravel would not lie at so great an inclination to the horizon,*but...

...the sound being an echo to the sense ? A. The following may all be considered examples of this:— The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground," With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder."...

...their meaning. One ^ol their most successful attempts has heen to descrihe the lahour of Sysiphus: .J. Woodward hu hecves rt huge round stone ; The huge round stone, reuniting with a hound, Thunders impetuous down,...

...though his last line is but a copy of Dryden's. " With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round...Thunders impetuous down and smokes along the ground." How unmeasurably inferior to the original is every imitation here given ! The English translators more...

...survey'd A nmurul'.il vision! the Sisyphian shade ; With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground, A^ain the restless orb his toil renews, Dust mounts in clouds, while he the toil pursues." For if,...

...halsers ride. . . Laborious and impetuous motion. With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone : The huge...bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the grourv Regular and s/ozw movement. First march the heavy mules securely slow ; O'er hills, o'er dales,...