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 95
... verse , which shall be examined under the whole five heads , of number , quantity , arrangement , paufe , and accent , This verfe is of two kinds ; one named rhyme or me- tre , and one blank verfe . In the former , the lines are ...
... verse , which shall be examined under the whole five heads , of number , quantity , arrangement , paufe , and accent , This verfe is of two kinds ; one named rhyme or me- tre , and one blank verfe . In the former , the lines are ...
Page 97
... verse must depend lefs upon quantity , than upon other circumftances : in which it differs widely from Latin verfe , where every fyllable , hav- ing but one found , ftrikes the ear uniformly with its accustomed impreffion ; and a reader ...
... verse must depend lefs upon quantity , than upon other circumftances : in which it differs widely from Latin verfe , where every fyllable , hav- ing but one found , ftrikes the ear uniformly with its accustomed impreffion ; and a reader ...
Page 117
... verse , than to put an important word where the accent fhould be , a word that merits a peculiar emphasis . To fhow the bad effect of excluding the capital ac- cent , I refer the reader to fome inftances given above , where particles ...
... verse , than to put an important word where the accent fhould be , a word that merits a peculiar emphasis . To fhow the bad effect of excluding the capital ac- cent , I refer the reader to fome inftances given above , where particles ...
Page 130
... verse it has another preferable quality not lefs fig- nal ; and that is , a more extenfive and more com- plete melody . Its mufic is not , like that of rhyme , confined to a fingle couplet ; but takes in a great compafs , fo as in fome ...
... verse it has another preferable quality not lefs fig- nal ; and that is , a more extenfive and more com- plete melody . Its mufic is not , like that of rhyme , confined to a fingle couplet ; but takes in a great compafs , fo as in fome ...
Page 132
... verse is under no confinement , but enjoys the utmost privilege , of which melody of verfe is fufceptible ; which is , to run hand in hand with the fenfe . In a word , blank verfe is fuperior to Hexameter in many articles ; and inferior ...
... verse is under no confinement , but enjoys the utmost privilege , of which melody of verfe is fufceptible ; which is , to run hand in hand with the fenfe . In a word , blank verfe is fuperior to Hexameter in many articles ; and inferior ...
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abftract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appear beauty becauſe cafe caufe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcarce fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible feparation ferves fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufficient fupport garden hath Hexameter Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable melody metaphor mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper raifing raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule Spondees tafle tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion vafes verfe words