Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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Page 78
... admit not any variety in pronouncing . The hree laft are ar- bitrary , depending on the wilb the perfon who pronounces ; and it is chiefly he artful manage ment of thefe that juft pronuncision confifts . With refpect to the firft ...
... admit not any variety in pronouncing . The hree laft are ar- bitrary , depending on the wilb the perfon who pronounces ; and it is chiefly he artful manage ment of thefe that juft pronuncision confifts . With refpect to the firft ...
Page 87
... admits . Next in order comes the paufe . At the end of every Hexameter line , every one must be fenfible of a complete close or full paufe ; the caufe of which follows . The two long fyllables preceded by two fhort , which always clofe ...
... admits . Next in order comes the paufe . At the end of every Hexameter line , every one must be fenfible of a complete close or full paufe ; the caufe of which follows . The two long fyllables preceded by two fhort , which always clofe ...
Page 91
... admit this liberty : for which rea- fon there ought always to be fome pause in the sense at the end of every Hexameter line , were it but fuch a pause as is marked with a comma ; and for the fame reafon , there ought never to be a full ...
... admit this liberty : for which rea- fon there ought always to be fome pause in the sense at the end of every Hexameter line , were it but fuch a pause as is marked with a comma ; and for the fame reafon , there ought never to be a full ...
Page 92
... admit any greater relaxation ; and yet in a narrative poem , it is extremely difficult to adhere ftrictly to the rule even with thefe indul- gences . Virgil , the chief of poets for verfification , is forced often to end a line without ...
... admit any greater relaxation ; and yet in a narrative poem , it is extremely difficult to adhere ftrictly to the rule even with thefe indul- gences . Virgil , the chief of poets for verfification , is forced often to end a line without ...
Page 99
... admits but one capital paufe . 2d , In different lines , we find this paufe after the fourth fyllable , after the fifth , after the fixth , and after the feventh . Thefe four places of the paufe lay a folid foundation for divid- ing ...
... admits but one capital paufe . 2d , In different lines , we find this paufe after the fourth fyllable , after the fifth , after the fixth , and after the feventh . Thefe four places of the paufe lay a folid foundation for divid- ing ...
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