The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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... fuch a genius is found , it may be affiited by proper rules and directions ; and fuch we fhall endea- your to lay down . WW2 US AS IT IS US US US U15 245 CHA P. II . Of the Structure of English VERSE ; and of RHYME : I Norder to make ...
... fuch a genius is found , it may be affiited by proper rules and directions ; and fuch we fhall endea- your to lay down . WW2 US AS IT IS US US US U15 245 CHA P. II . Of the Structure of English VERSE ; and of RHYME : I Norder to make ...
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... fuch accent happens , or at the end of the word following ; as will prefently be fhewn . Metre , or measure , which is fuch an harmonicus difpo- fition of a certain number of fyllables as above mentioned , is all that is abfolutely ...
... fuch accent happens , or at the end of the word following ; as will prefently be fhewn . Metre , or measure , which is fuch an harmonicus difpo- fition of a certain number of fyllables as above mentioned , is all that is abfolutely ...
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... fuch a variety now and then , efpecially in the first and fecond fyllables of the line , of which the follow- ing is an inftance , where the accent is on the first fyl- lable , and not on the fecond . Nów to the main the búrning fún ...
... fuch a variety now and then , efpecially in the first and fecond fyllables of the line , of which the follow- ing is an inftance , where the accent is on the first fyl- lable , and not on the fecond . Nów to the main the búrning fún ...
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... fuch verfe by fome French poets ) is alfo frequently ufed at the conclufion of a ftanza in Lyric or Pindaric odes , of which we fhall fpeak here- after . The pause , in these verses , ought to be at the fixth fyllable , as we fee in the ...
... fuch verfe by fome French poets ) is alfo frequently ufed at the conclufion of a ftanza in Lyric or Pindaric odes , of which we fhall fpeak here- after . The pause , in these verses , ought to be at the fixth fyllable , as we fee in the ...
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... fuch in verse , may be contracted into two when the mea- fure requires it ; and this contraction is denoted by a little mark called an apostrophe , the words being written or printed temp'rance , diff'rence , flatt'rer , vie'ry , am ...
... fuch in verse , may be contracted into two when the mea- fure requires it ; and this contraction is denoted by a little mark called an apostrophe , the words being written or printed temp'rance , diff'rence , flatt'rer , vie'ry , am ...
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