Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... London , 1595 ; ed . G. G. SMITH , Elizabethan Critical Essays , 2 vols . , Oxford , 1904 , I , p . 159 . 2 His preface to JOSUA POOLE , The English Parnassus , London , 1657 , pp . a3v - a4r . gave pleasure by their echoing one another ...
... London , 1595 ; ed . G. G. SMITH , Elizabethan Critical Essays , 2 vols . , Oxford , 1904 , I , p . 159 . 2 His preface to JOSUA POOLE , The English Parnassus , London , 1657 , pp . a3v - a4r . gave pleasure by their echoing one another ...
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... London , 1602 ; ed . SMITH , II , p . 350 . op . cit . , 2 A Defence of Ryme , London , ? 1603 ; ed . SMITH , op . cit . , II , pp . 362-3 . proportion of a clause or sentence , whether it be 42 THE IAMBIC PENTAMETER AND ITS SCANSION.
... London , 1602 ; ed . SMITH , II , p . 350 . op . cit . , 2 A Defence of Ryme , London , ? 1603 ; ed . SMITH , op . cit . , II , pp . 362-3 . proportion of a clause or sentence , whether it be 42 THE IAMBIC PENTAMETER AND ITS SCANSION.
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... London , 1586 ; ed . SMITH , op . cit . , I , 267 , 268 . 2 In The Art of English Poetry , London , 1702 , p . viii . Pp . 266 , 3 Of Dramatick Poesie , An Essay , London , 1668 ; ed . W. P. KER , Essays of John Dryden , 2 vols ...
... London , 1586 ; ed . SMITH , op . cit . , I , 267 , 268 . 2 In The Art of English Poetry , London , 1702 , p . viii . Pp . 266 , 3 Of Dramatick Poesie , An Essay , London , 1668 ; ed . W. P. KER , Essays of John Dryden , 2 vols ...
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