Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... verse should like the torrent roar ! Pope's Effay on Criticism , 369 .. No perfon can be at a lofs about the cause of this beauty . It is obviously that of imitation . That there is any other natural resemblance be- twixt found and ...
... verse should like the torrent roar ! Pope's Effay on Criticism , 369 .. No perfon can be at a lofs about the cause of this beauty . It is obviously that of imitation . That there is any other natural resemblance be- twixt found and ...
Page 67
... verse where long fyllables prevail ; efpecially when aided by a flow pronunciation : Illi inter fefe magnâ vi brachia tollunt . Georg . iv . 174 . On the other hand , fwift motion is imitated by a fucceffion of short fyllables ...
... verse where long fyllables prevail ; efpecially when aided by a flow pronunciation : Illi inter fefe magnâ vi brachia tollunt . Georg . iv . 174 . On the other hand , fwift motion is imitated by a fucceffion of short fyllables ...
Page 72
... verse always ; yet taking a whole line or period together , it is arbitrary to pronounce it flow or faft . Hence it is , that a period expreffing what is folemn or deliberate , ought to be pronounced flow ; and ought to be pronounced ...
... verse always ; yet taking a whole line or period together , it is arbitrary to pronounce it flow or faft . Hence it is , that a period expreffing what is folemn or deliberate , ought to be pronounced flow ; and ought to be pronounced ...
Page 74
... verse , though handled by every grammarian , merits more attention than has been given it . The fubject is intimately con- nected with human nature ; and to explain it tho- roughly , feveral nice and delicate feelings must be employ'd ...
... verse , though handled by every grammarian , merits more attention than has been given it . The fubject is intimately con- nected with human nature ; and to explain it tho- roughly , feveral nice and delicate feelings must be employ'd ...
Page 77
... verse has a very fenfible modulation . That on the other hand of an Iambic , is extremely faint * . This more perfect modulation of articulate founds , is what diftinguisheth verfe from profe . Verfe is fubjected to certain inflexible ...
... verse has a very fenfible modulation . That on the other hand of an Iambic , is extremely faint * . This more perfect modulation of articulate founds , is what diftinguisheth verfe from profe . Verfe is fubjected to certain inflexible ...
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