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Page 361
... melody ; and for that reason this paufe may be neglected . With respect then to the pauses of sense and of melody , it may be affirmed without he- fitation , that their coincidence in verse is a capital beauty . But as it cannot be ...
... melody ; and for that reason this paufe may be neglected . With respect then to the pauses of sense and of melody , it may be affirmed without he- fitation , that their coincidence in verse is a capital beauty . But as it cannot be ...
Page 415
... melody appear more perfect than if the musical pauses were regular . To explain the rules of accenting , two general observations must be premised . The firft is , That accents have a double effect . They contribute to the melody , by ...
... melody appear more perfect than if the musical pauses were regular . To explain the rules of accenting , two general observations must be premised . The firft is , That accents have a double effect . They contribute to the melody , by ...
Page 446
... melody ; and my reasons are these . First , the polyfyllables in Latin and Greek are finely diverfified by long and short fyllables , a circumstance that qualifies them for the melody of Hexameter verfe . Ours are ex- tremely ill ...
... melody ; and my reasons are these . First , the polyfyllables in Latin and Greek are finely diverfified by long and short fyllables , a circumstance that qualifies them for the melody of Hexameter verfe . Ours are ex- tremely ill ...
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