The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection of the most natural, agreeable and sublime thoughts (!) ... that are to be found in the best English poets. A dictionary of rhymes. I.. II.. III. |
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... must be obferv'd at the 8th Syllable , in the 2d at the 2d ; and fo unequal a Divifi- on can produce no true Harmony . And for this Reafon too , the Paufes at the 3d and 7th Syllables , tho ' not wholly to be condemn'd , ought to be but ...
... must be obferv'd at the 8th Syllable , in the 2d at the 2d ; and fo unequal a Divifi- on can produce no true Harmony . And for this Reafon too , the Paufes at the 3d and 7th Syllables , tho ' not wholly to be condemn'd , ought to be but ...
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... must be on the 2d , 4th , or 6th Syllable of the Verfe ; and to mend that Verfe we need only place the Accent on the 4th , and then the Paufe at the 5th will have nothing difagreeable ; as , Thus to be murthur'd , not in Battle flain ...
... must be on the 2d , 4th , or 6th Syllable of the Verfe ; and to mend that Verfe we need only place the Accent on the 4th , and then the Paufe at the 5th will have nothing difagreeable ; as , Thus to be murthur'd , not in Battle flain ...
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... must take Care that the most prevailing Accents be neither on the 3d nor 5th Syllables of them . They also require a Paufe to be obferv'd in pronouncing them , which is generally at the 4th or 5th Syllable ; as , I'll fing of Heroes ...
... must take Care that the most prevailing Accents be neither on the 3d nor 5th Syllables of them . They also require a Paufe to be obferv'd in pronouncing them , which is generally at the 4th or 5th Syllable ; as , I'll fing of Heroes ...
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... must be com- puted as Two diftin & t Syllables : Thus Poet , Lion , Quiet , and the like , muft always be us'd as Two Syllables ; Poetry and the like as Three . And it is a Fault to make Riot , for Example , one Syllable , as Milton has ...
... must be com- puted as Two diftin & t Syllables : Thus Poet , Lion , Quiet , and the like , muft always be us'd as Two Syllables ; Poetry and the like as Three . And it is a Fault to make Riot , for Example , one Syllable , as Milton has ...
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... must be cautious of following his Example : But the con- tracting of the Pronoun His in the manner I mention'd , is not wholly to be condemn'd . t We fometimes find the Word Who contracted before Words that begin by a Vowel ; as , Wh ...
... must be cautious of following his Example : But the con- tracting of the Pronoun His in the manner I mention'd , is not wholly to be condemn'd . t We fometimes find the Word Who contracted before Words that begin by a Vowel ; as , Wh ...
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Accent Arms bafe becauſe Blac Blood Breaft Breath caft Caufe Cleom Clouds Coml Courſe Cowl Death defcends Defire Don Seb Dryd e'er Earth ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafe Fair Pen falfe fame Fate Fear feem feen felf fhall fhew fhining fhould fieze filent Fire firft firſt flain Flames Flood Flow'rs foft fome Fools foon fpread ftands ftill fuch fweet fwell Gerunds Gods Ground Guife Head Heart Heav'n himſelf Hudibras juft laft lefs Light lofe loft Love Milt moft muft muſt Night Numbers o'er Oedip Orph Ovid Paffion Pain pleas'd Pleaſure Pow'r Prefent Rage Reafon reft Rhyme rife rofe roul Senfe Shak Skies Soul Syllables Tears Tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro ticiples trembling vaft Verbs Verfes Verſes vex'd Virg whofe Winds Wings Words Wound wretched
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