The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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... fhort , the fmooth and rough fyllables were varioufly combined to recommend the fenfe by the found , and elevation and cadence employed to make the whole more musi- cally expreffive . Hence poetry became the parent of mufic , and in ...
... fhort , the fmooth and rough fyllables were varioufly combined to recommend the fenfe by the found , and elevation and cadence employed to make the whole more musi- cally expreffive . Hence poetry became the parent of mufic , and in ...
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... fhort , no more could be introduced that would be useful ; and to incumber a young ftudent in any fcience with ufelefs rules , is increafing his difficulty , retarding his progrefs , and like loading a man with arms which may hinder his ...
... fhort , no more could be introduced that would be useful ; and to incumber a young ftudent in any fcience with ufelefs rules , is increafing his difficulty , retarding his progrefs , and like loading a man with arms which may hinder his ...
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... fhort , he forms a de- fign or plan , by which every verfe is directed to a certain end , and each has a juft dependence on the other ; for it is this produces the beauty of order and harmony , and gives fatisfaction to a rational mind ...
... fhort , he forms a de- fign or plan , by which every verfe is directed to a certain end , and each has a juft dependence on the other ; for it is this produces the beauty of order and harmony , and gives fatisfaction to a rational mind ...
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... fhort ones , a da & yle , & c . and of thele feet they compofed various kinds of verfes . But there is very little variety of feet in the English poetry , the iambic being , as it were , the fole regent of our verse , effecially of our ...
... fhort ones , a da & yle , & c . and of thele feet they compofed various kinds of verfes . But there is very little variety of feet in the English poetry , the iambic being , as it were , the fole regent of our verse , effecially of our ...
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... fhort , avoid every thing that tends to deftroy that agreeable cadence and harmony which is required in poetry , and of which ( after all the rules that can be laid down concerning it ) the ear is the most proper judge . Remember ...
... fhort , avoid every thing that tends to deftroy that agreeable cadence and harmony which is required in poetry , and of which ( after all the rules that can be laid down concerning it ) the ear is the most proper judge . Remember ...
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