Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 - Criticism |
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Page 110
... rhymes are evidently built upon it ; in which , by an invariable rule , the final word always chimes with that which immediately pre- cedes the pause : De planctu cudo || mitrum cum carmine nudo Mingere cum bumbis | res eft faluberrima ...
... rhymes are evidently built upon it ; in which , by an invariable rule , the final word always chimes with that which immediately pre- cedes the pause : De planctu cudo || mitrum cum carmine nudo Mingere cum bumbis | res eft faluberrima ...
Page 119
... rhyme or metre , and one blank verfe . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by fimilarity of found in the final fyllables ; and two lines fo connected are termed a couplet : fi- milarity of found being avoided in the ...
... rhyme or metre , and one blank verfe . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by fimilarity of found in the final fyllables ; and two lines fo connected are termed a couplet : fi- milarity of found being avoided in the ...
Page 135
... rhyme ; its privilege of inversion giving it a much greater choice of pauses , than can be had in the natural order of arrangement . We now proceed to the flighter connections , which fhall be difcuffed in one general article . Words ...
... rhyme ; its privilege of inversion giving it a much greater choice of pauses , than can be had in the natural order of arrangement . We now proceed to the flighter connections , which fhall be difcuffed in one general article . Words ...
Page 160
... rhyme , that what is peculiar to it may be brought within a narrow compass . With respect to form , it dif- fers not from rhyme further than in rejecting the jingle of fimilar founds . But let us not think that we gain nothing by this ...
... rhyme , that what is peculiar to it may be brought within a narrow compass . With respect to form , it dif- fers not from rhyme further than in rejecting the jingle of fimilar founds . But let us not think that we gain nothing by this ...
Page 161
... rhyme within very narrow bounds : a thought of any extent , cannot be reduced within its compafs ; the fenfe muft be curtailed and bro- ken into parts , to make it square with the curt- nefs of the melody ; and it is obvious . that ...
... rhyme within very narrow bounds : a thought of any extent , cannot be reduced within its compafs ; the fenfe muft be curtailed and bro- ken into parts , to make it square with the curt- nefs of the melody ; and it is obvious . that ...
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