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Page 138
... rhythm would probably point out that the first recognition of any pattern of rhythm is generally pleasant ; if the pattern is often repeated it becomes annoying ; and if it continues long it ceases to hold our attention , and may lull ...
... rhythm would probably point out that the first recognition of any pattern of rhythm is generally pleasant ; if the pattern is often repeated it becomes annoying ; and if it continues long it ceases to hold our attention , and may lull ...
Page 366
... rhythms of prose are so lax and various that he doubts if any explanation of them is possible . After reading Saintsbury's History of Prose Rhythm he still doubts . “ What madman , ” he exclaims , “ will say , ' Thus , or thus far shalt ...
... rhythms of prose are so lax and various that he doubts if any explanation of them is possible . After reading Saintsbury's History of Prose Rhythm he still doubts . “ What madman , ” he exclaims , “ will say , ' Thus , or thus far shalt ...
Page 368
... rhythm comes just at the moment when we feel that a rhythm has been established and identified , and that any rhythm if long continued becomes tiresome , and even annoying . The best prose adapts itself to these principles . In the best ...
... rhythm comes just at the moment when we feel that a rhythm has been established and identified , and that any rhythm if long continued becomes tiresome , and even annoying . The best prose adapts itself to these principles . In the best ...
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