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... . But whatever may have been the Rules by which the Writers on English Profody haye determined the Quantity of Syllables , H 3 the the following Remarks may ferve to fhew they are precarious in the Quantity of Verfe . ΙΟΙ.
... . But whatever may have been the Rules by which the Writers on English Profody haye determined the Quantity of Syllables , H 3 the the following Remarks may ferve to fhew they are precarious in the Quantity of Verfe . ΙΟΙ.
Page 102
John Rice. the following Remarks may ferve to fhew they are precarious and defective . • In the first place , the Mode of estima- ting the Length of Syllables in English hath been hitherto abfurd . It is a very proper , as it is the only ...
John Rice. the following Remarks may ferve to fhew they are precarious and defective . • In the first place , the Mode of estima- ting the Length of Syllables in English hath been hitherto abfurd . It is a very proper , as it is the only ...
Page 123
... ferve to convince the difcerning Reader of the Fu- tility of the above Obfervations and Ap- plication . It is to be remarked , in the first Place , that , according to Mr. Mafon himself , even the Greek Paffage he quotes from Thucydides ...
... ferve to convince the difcerning Reader of the Fu- tility of the above Obfervations and Ap- plication . It is to be remarked , in the first Place , that , according to Mr. Mafon himself , even the Greek Paffage he quotes from Thucydides ...
Page 147
John Rice. fung to one Note , and fometimes even one Syllable made to ferve two distinct Notes . So little Attention , indeed , hath been paid to the true Caufe of poetical Pause and Cadence , that we have very pretty Poets , and even ...
John Rice. fung to one Note , and fometimes even one Syllable made to ferve two distinct Notes . So little Attention , indeed , hath been paid to the true Caufe of poetical Pause and Cadence , that we have very pretty Poets , and even ...
Page 178
... ferve to illuftrate what I mean in this Particular . on the eastern Cliff of Paradife He lights , and to his proper Shape returns A Seraph wing'd : Six Wings he wore , to fhade His Lineaments divine ; the Pair that clad Each Shoulder ...
... ferve to illuftrate what I mean in this Particular . on the eastern Cliff of Paradife He lights , and to his proper Shape returns A Seraph wing'd : Six Wings he wore , to fhade His Lineaments divine ; the Pair that clad Each Shoulder ...
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