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 95
... rhyme or me- tre , and one blank verfe . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by fimilarity of found in the final fyllables ; and two lines fo connected are termed a couplet : fimilarity of found being avoided in the ...
... rhyme or me- tre , and one blank verfe . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by fimilarity of found in the final fyllables ; and two lines fo connected are termed a couplet : fimilarity of found being avoided in the ...
Page 96
... rhyme or me tre , the first article fhall be difcuffed in a few words . Every line confifts of ten fyllables , five fhort and five long ; from which there are but two exceptions , both of them rare . The firft is , where each line of a ...
... rhyme or me tre , the first article fhall be difcuffed in a few words . Every line confifts of ten fyllables , five fhort and five long ; from which there are but two exceptions , both of them rare . The firft is , where each line of a ...
Page 108
... rhyme ; its privilege of in- verfion giving it a much greater choice of pauses than can be had in the natural order of arrange . ment . We now proceed to the flighter connections , which fhall be difcuffed in one general article . Words ...
... rhyme ; its privilege of in- verfion giving it a much greater choice of pauses than can be had in the natural order of arrange . ment . We now proceed to the flighter connections , which fhall be difcuffed in one general article . Words ...
Page 127
... rhyme , that its pecu- liarities may be brought within a narrow compass . With refpect to form , it differs from rhyme in re- See chap . 9 . jecting jecting the jingle of fimilar founds , which purifies it SECT . IV . 127 Beauty of ...
... rhyme , that its pecu- liarities may be brought within a narrow compass . With refpect to form , it differs from rhyme in re- See chap . 9 . jecting jecting the jingle of fimilar founds , which purifies it SECT . IV . 127 Beauty of ...
Page 128
... rhyme ; and the peculiar advan- tage of blank verfe is , that it is at liberty to attend the imagination in its boldeft flights . Rhyme necef- farily divides verfe into couplets ; each couplet makes a complete mufical period , the parts ...
... rhyme ; and the peculiar advan- tage of blank verfe is , that it is at liberty to attend the imagination in its boldeft flights . Rhyme necef- farily divides verfe into couplets ; each couplet makes a complete mufical period , the parts ...
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abftract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appear beauty becauſe cafe caufe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcarce fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible feparation ferves fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufficient fupport garden hath Hexameter Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable melody metaphor mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper raifing raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule Spondees tafle tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion vafes verfe words