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... Spondees that this line admits . Next in order comes the pause . At the end of every Hexameter line , no ear but must be sensible of a complete close or full pause . This effect is produced by the fol- lowing means . Every line ...
... Spondees that this line admits . Next in order comes the pause . At the end of every Hexameter line , no ear but must be sensible of a complete close or full pause . This effect is produced by the fol- lowing means . Every line ...
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... Spondees , or of long and short syllables . On the contrary , we find lines where Dactyles prevail and lines where Spondees prevail , equally melodious . Of the former take the following instance : Æneadum genetrix hominum divumque ...
... Spondees , or of long and short syllables . On the contrary , we find lines where Dactyles prevail and lines where Spondees prevail , equally melodious . Of the former take the following instance : Æneadum genetrix hominum divumque ...
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt betwixt cafe caſe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſcover diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome fpectator ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inſtead inverfion itſelf Jane Shore juſt language laſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muſical muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome Spondees ſtill ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words