Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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Page 83
... pauses are neceffary for three different purposes : one , to separate periods , and members of the fame period ... pause ought never to be distinguished from the others ; and for that reafon fhall be laid afide . With refpect then ...
... pauses are neceffary for three different purposes : one , to separate periods , and members of the fame period ... pause ought never to be distinguished from the others ; and for that reafon fhall be laid afide . With refpect then ...
Page 85
... pause , and accent : For as to quantity , what is obferved above may fuf- fice . Hexameter lines as to time are all of the fame length ; being equivalent to the time taken in pro- nouncing twelve long fyllables or twenty - four fhort ...
... pause , and accent : For as to quantity , what is obferved above may fuf- fice . Hexameter lines as to time are all of the fame length ; being equivalent to the time taken in pro- nouncing twelve long fyllables or twenty - four fhort ...
Page 86
... pause now mentioned divides always a Dactyle , or a Spondee , without once falling in after either of thefe feet . Hence it is evident , that if a line be pronounced as it is fcanned by Dactyles and Spondees , the paufe muft utterly be ...
... pause now mentioned divides always a Dactyle , or a Spondee , without once falling in after either of thefe feet . Hence it is evident , that if a line be pronounced as it is fcanned by Dactyles and Spondees , the paufe muft utterly be ...
Page 88
... pause and femipause , occafions another difference no lefs remarkable ; that it is lawful to divide a word by a femipaufe , but never by a pause , the bad effect of which is fenfibly felt in the following examples ; Effufus labor ...
... pause and femipause , occafions another difference no lefs remarkable ; that it is lawful to divide a word by a femipaufe , but never by a pause , the bad effect of which is fenfibly felt in the following examples ; Effufus labor ...
Page 90
... pause , placed as aforefaid after the fhort fyllable , happen alfo to divide a word , the melody by thefe ... pauses , have * See chap . 2. part 1. fe & t . 5 . have been confidered with refpect to melody , but to go CH . XVII . Beauty ...
... pause , placed as aforefaid after the fhort fyllable , happen alfo to divide a word , the melody by thefe ... pauses , have * See chap . 2. part 1. fe & t . 5 . have been confidered with refpect to melody , but to go CH . XVII . Beauty ...
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