Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... measure fitted to use and delight , which , Custome intertaining by the allowance of the Eare , doth indenize , and make naturall . All verse is but a frame of wordes confinde within certaine measure ; differing from the ordinarie ...
... measure fitted to use and delight , which , Custome intertaining by the allowance of the Eare , doth indenize , and make naturall . All verse is but a frame of wordes confinde within certaine measure ; differing from the ordinarie ...
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... measure and accent . And though it doth not strictly observe long and short sillables , yet it most religiously respects the accent : and as the short and the long make number , so the Acute and grave accent yeelde har- monie : And ...
... measure and accent . And though it doth not strictly observe long and short sillables , yet it most religiously respects the accent : and as the short and the long make number , so the Acute and grave accent yeelde har- monie : And ...
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... measure of our former ancient Verse , ending ( as we terme it according to the French ) in a feminine foote , saving that it is shorter by one sillable at the beginning , which is not much missed , by reason it falles full at the last ...
... measure of our former ancient Verse , ending ( as we terme it according to the French ) in a feminine foote , saving that it is shorter by one sillable at the beginning , which is not much missed , by reason it falles full at the last ...
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