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Page 173
... Sound one into the drowfy race of night ; If this fame were a church - yard where we stand , And thou poffeffed with a thousand wrongs ; Or if that furly fpirit Melancholy Had bak'd thy blood and made it heavy - thick , Which elfe runs ...
... Sound one into the drowfy race of night ; If this fame were a church - yard where we stand , And thou poffeffed with a thousand wrongs ; Or if that furly fpirit Melancholy Had bak'd thy blood and made it heavy - thick , Which elfe runs ...
Page 240
... sounds readily unite ; yet where they differ in tone , both of them must be heard if neither of them be suppressed . For the fame reason , every fyllable must be composed of as many founds as there are letters , fuppofing every letter ...
... sounds readily unite ; yet where they differ in tone , both of them must be heard if neither of them be suppressed . For the fame reason , every fyllable must be composed of as many founds as there are letters , fuppofing every letter ...
Page 441
... is indeed more brifk and lively , but much less fitted for the sub- lime . And , thirdly , the long high - sound- VOL . II . 3 K ing ing words that Hexameter admits , add greatly to its Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 441.
... is indeed more brifk and lively , but much less fitted for the sub- lime . And , thirdly , the long high - sound- VOL . II . 3 K ing ing words that Hexameter admits , add greatly to its Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 441.
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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