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... Line + , what , if we should fcan these Lines after the Manner of Iam- bics , would not both the Sound and Senfe be equally confiftent ? Bleft with Senfe , with Temper bleft , Wisdom o'er thy Lips | prefides ; Virtue guards thy gen'rous ...
... Line + , what , if we should fcan these Lines after the Manner of Iam- bics , would not both the Sound and Senfe be equally confiftent ? Bleft with Senfe , with Temper bleft , Wisdom o'er thy Lips | prefides ; Virtue guards thy gen'rous ...
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... Line not being equally fignifi- cant , there is a Want of Expression in such an uniform Mode of Utterance . But let us fuppofe the following Line fubftituted in its Room . Tow'rds four fair Nymphs , ran four tall Men full Speed . In this ...
... Line not being equally fignifi- cant , there is a Want of Expression in such an uniform Mode of Utterance . But let us fuppofe the following Line fubftituted in its Room . Tow'rds four fair Nymphs , ran four tall Men full Speed . In this ...
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... Line at the fifth Syllable , and have pricked the Notes , and beat Time accord- ingly ; but this would be a Stretch beyond poetical Licence . But , even fuppofing the above Line to be equally divided in Point of Time , such Equality ...
... Line at the fifth Syllable , and have pricked the Notes , and beat Time accord- ingly ; but this would be a Stretch beyond poetical Licence . But , even fuppofing the above Line to be equally divided in Point of Time , such Equality ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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