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Page 106
... Spondee are no other than artificial measures , invented for trying the accuracy of compofition . Repeated experiments have convinced me , that though the fenfe fhould be neglected , an Hexameter line read by Dactyles and Spondees will ...
... Spondee are no other than artificial measures , invented for trying the accuracy of compofition . Repeated experiments have convinced me , that though the fenfe fhould be neglected , an Hexameter line read by Dactyles and Spondees will ...
Page 107
... Spondees must be abandoned . What has led grammarians into the use of Dactyles and Spondees , feems not beyond the reach of conjecture . To produce melody , the Dactyle and the Spondee , which clofe every Hexameter line , must be ...
... Spondees must be abandoned . What has led grammarians into the use of Dactyles and Spondees , feems not beyond the reach of conjecture . To produce melody , the Dactyle and the Spondee , which clofe every Hexameter line , must be ...
Page 109
... Spondees that this line admits . Next in order comes the pause . At the end of every Hexameter line , every one must be sen- fible of a complete close or full pause ; the cause of which follows . The two long fyllables pre- ceded by two ...
... Spondees that this line admits . Next in order comes the pause . At the end of every Hexameter line , every one must be sen- fible of a complete close or full pause ; the cause of which follows . The two long fyllables pre- ceded by two ...
Page 117
... Spondees , or of long and short fyllables , because we find lines where Dactyles prevail , and lines where Spondees prevail , equally melodious . Of the former take the following inftance : Æneadum genitrix hominum divumque voluptas ...
... Spondees , or of long and short fyllables , because we find lines where Dactyles prevail , and lines where Spondees prevail , equally melodious . Of the former take the following inftance : Æneadum genitrix hominum divumque voluptas ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear beauty becauſe cafe cauſe Chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid Engliſh epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcene fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparated fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fometimes fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fupport garden hath Hexameter himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf language laſt leaſt lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon pleaſe pleaſure poem prefent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft reprefented repreſentation reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhort Spondees tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe vafes verfe verſe words