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... metre . This I would trace to the balance in the mind effected by that spontaneous effort which 15 strives to hold in check the workings of passion . It might be easily explained like- wise in what manner this salutary antag onism is ...
... metre . This I would trace to the balance in the mind effected by that spontaneous effort which 15 strives to hold in check the workings of passion . It might be easily explained like- wise in what manner this salutary antag onism is ...
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... metre , especially alliterative metre ( whether alliterative at the beginning of the words , as in Pierce Plouman , or at the end , as in 30 rhymes ) possessed an independent value as assisting the recollection , and consequently the ...
... metre , especially alliterative metre ( whether alliterative at the beginning of the words , as in Pierce Plouman , or at the end , as in 30 rhymes ) possessed an independent value as assisting the recollection , and consequently the ...
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... metre itself , the sole acknowledged differ- ence , will occasionally become metre to the 40 eye only . The existence of prosaisms , and that they detract from the merit of a poem , must at length be conceded , when a num- ber of ...
... metre itself , the sole acknowledged differ- ence , will occasionally become metre to the 40 eye only . The existence of prosaisms , and that they detract from the merit of a poem , must at length be conceded , when a num- ber of ...
Contents
JAMES THOMSON 17001748 | 7 |
From The Castle of Indolence | 16 |
MARK AKENSIDE 17211770 | 22 |
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