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Page 357
... verfe , fince it depends not on modulation merely , muft arife from the difference of the modula- tion . This is precifely the cafe , though the difference cannot with any accuracy be explained in words . Verfe is more mufi- cal than ...
... verfe , fince it depends not on modulation merely , muft arife from the difference of the modula- tion . This is precifely the cafe , though the difference cannot with any accuracy be explained in words . Verfe is more mufi- cal than ...
Page 362
... verfe , because it is entirely regulated by the fenfe , and hath no peculiar relation to verfe . The cadence is a falling of the voice below the key - note at the close of every period ; and fo little is it effential to verfe , that in ...
... verfe , because it is entirely regulated by the fenfe , and hath no peculiar relation to verfe . The cadence is a falling of the voice below the key - note at the close of every period ; and fo little is it effential to verfe , that in ...
Page 385
... verfe , that it excludes the bulk of polyfyllables , though the most founding words in our language ; for upon examina- tion it will be found , that very few of them are composed of such alternation of long and short syllables as to ...
... verfe , that it excludes the bulk of polyfyllables , though the most founding words in our language ; for upon examina- tion it will be found , that very few of them are composed of such alternation of long and short syllables as to ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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