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
... respect to high and low notes , ponunciation is ftill more inferior to finging ; for it is obferved by Di- onyfius of Halicarnaffus , that in pronouncing , i . e . without altering the apertue of the wind- pipe , the voice is confined ...
... respect to high and low notes , ponunciation is ftill more inferior to finging ; for it is obferved by Di- onyfius of Halicarnaffus , that in pronouncing , i . e . without altering the apertue of the wind- pipe , the voice is confined ...
Page 91
... respect to fenfe . There is not perhaps in any other fort of verfe , fuch latitude in the long and fhort fyllables ; a circum stance that contributes greatly to that richness of melody which is remarkable in Hexameter verse , and which ...
... respect to fenfe . There is not perhaps in any other fort of verfe , fuch latitude in the long and fhort fyllables ; a circum stance that contributes greatly to that richness of melody which is remarkable in Hexameter verse , and which ...
Page 97
... respect to arrangement , which may be brought within a narrow compafs , the English He- roic line is commonly Iambic , the first fyllable fhort , the fecond long , and fo on alternately through the whole line . One exception there is ...
... respect to arrangement , which may be brought within a narrow compafs , the English He- roic line is commonly Iambic , the first fyllable fhort , the fecond long , and fo on alternately through the whole line . One exception there is ...
Page 129
... respect to the first line of a couplet , but being dif engaged from rhyme , or from couplets , there is ac- cefs to make every line run into another , precisely as to make the first line of a couplet run into the fec- ond . There must ...
... respect to the first line of a couplet , but being dif engaged from rhyme , or from couplets , there is ac- cefs to make every line run into another , precisely as to make the first line of a couplet run into the fec- ond . There must ...
Page 146
... respect to fimiles , take the following fpecimen . Behold thou art fair , my love : thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Mount Gilead : thy teeth are like a flock of theep from the wathing , every , one bearing twins : thy ...
... respect to fimiles , take the following fpecimen . Behold thou art fair , my love : thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Mount Gilead : thy teeth are like a flock of theep from the wathing , every , one bearing twins : thy ...
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