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 83
... melody of verfe ; and the laft , to afford oppor- tunity for drawing breath in reading . A paufe of the first kind is variable , being long or fhort , fre- quent or lefs frequent , as the fenfe requires . A paufe of the fecond kind ...
... melody of verfe ; and the laft , to afford oppor- tunity for drawing breath in reading . A paufe of the first kind is variable , being long or fhort , fre- quent or lefs frequent , as the fenfe requires . A paufe of the fecond kind ...
Page 84
... melody . A thing not more neceffary for melody occurs with refpect to accenting , fimilar to that now mentioned : A word fignifying anything humble , low , or dejected is naturally , in profe , as well as in verfe , pronounc- ed in a ...
... melody . A thing not more neceffary for melody occurs with refpect to accenting , fimilar to that now mentioned : A word fignifying anything humble , low , or dejected is naturally , in profe , as well as in verfe , pronounc- ed in a ...
Page 85
... melody of a Hexameter line would be deftroyed , or at beft be much inferior to what it is when properly pronounced . * Thefe feet muft be confined to regulate the arrangement , for they ferve no After giving fome attention to this ...
... melody of a Hexameter line would be deftroyed , or at beft be much inferior to what it is when properly pronounced . * Thefe feet muft be confined to regulate the arrangement , for they ferve no After giving fome attention to this ...
Page 86
... melody , because this paufe is effential to the melody of an Hexameter verfe . If , on the other hand , the melody be preferved by making that paufe , the pronouncing by Dactyles or Spondees maft be abandoned . What has led grammarians ...
... melody , because this paufe is effential to the melody of an Hexameter verfe . If , on the other hand , the melody be preferved by making that paufe , the pronouncing by Dactyles or Spondees maft be abandoned . What has led grammarians ...
Page 88
... melody of which I dif- cover two clearly , and perhaps there may be more . The longest and most remarkable , fucceeds the 5th portion the other , which , being fhorter and more faint , may be called the femipaufe , fucceeds the 8th ...
... melody of which I dif- cover two clearly , and perhaps there may be more . The longest and most remarkable , fucceeds the 5th portion the other , which , being fhorter and more faint , may be called the femipaufe , fucceeds the 8th ...
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