Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... verse , as of almost everything else , was probably written in verse , and the tradition of imparting virtually all kinds of information in rhyme proved nearly as seductive to the writers of the Renais- sance as it had to the ...
... verse , as of almost everything else , was probably written in verse , and the tradition of imparting virtually all kinds of information in rhyme proved nearly as seductive to the writers of the Renais- sance as it had to the ...
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... verse hath by proofe receiv'd applause Beyond each other number : and the foile , That squint - ey'd Envie takes , is censur'd plaine . For , this long Poeme askes this length of verse , Which I my selfe ingenuously maintaine Too long ...
... verse hath by proofe receiv'd applause Beyond each other number : and the foile , That squint - ey'd Envie takes , is censur'd plaine . For , this long Poeme askes this length of verse , Which I my selfe ingenuously maintaine Too long ...
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... verses , giving both to the Eare an Eccho of a delightfull report & to the Memorie a deeper impression of what is delivered therein . For as Greeke and Latine verse consists of the number and quantitie of silla- bles , so doth the English ...
... verses , giving both to the Eare an Eccho of a delightfull report & to the Memorie a deeper impression of what is delivered therein . For as Greeke and Latine verse consists of the number and quantitie of silla- bles , so doth the English ...
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