Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 - Criticism |
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... verse al- ways ; yet taking a whole line or period together , it may be pronounced flow or faft . A period accordingly ought to be pronounced flow , when it expreffes what is fo- lemn or deliberate ; and ought to be pronounced quick ...
... verse al- ways ; yet taking a whole line or period together , it may be pronounced flow or faft . A period accordingly ought to be pronounced flow , when it expreffes what is fo- lemn or deliberate ; and ought to be pronounced quick ...
Page 67
... verse . Before I enter upon particulars , it must be premised in general , that to verfe of every kind , five things are of importance . 1ft , The number of fyllables that com- pofe a verfe . 2d , The different lengths of fyllables , i ...
... verse . Before I enter upon particulars , it must be premised in general , that to verfe of every kind , five things are of importance . 1ft , The number of fyllables that com- pofe a verfe . 2d , The different lengths of fyllables , i ...
Page 78
... verse are but two , the one double of the other ; that every fyl- lable is reducible to one or other of these standards ; and that a fyllable of the larger quantity is termed long , and of the leffer quantity hurt . It belongs more to ...
... verse are but two , the one double of the other ; that every fyl- lable is reducible to one or other of these standards ; and that a fyllable of the larger quantity is termed long , and of the leffer quantity hurt . It belongs more to ...
Page 90
... verse no flight degree of variety . A number of uniform lines having all the fame paufe , are extremely fatiguing , which is remarkable in the French verfification . This imper- fection ia no BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVII . Not for ...
... verse no flight degree of variety . A number of uniform lines having all the fame paufe , are extremely fatiguing , which is remarkable in the French verfification . This imper- fection ia no BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVII . Not for ...
Page 95
... verse . That thefe have , each of them , a peculiar melody dif tinguishable by a good ear , I ventured to fuggelt , and promifed to account for ; and though the fubject is ex- : tremely tremely delicate , I am not without hopes of ...
... verse . That thefe have , each of them , a peculiar melody dif tinguishable by a good ear , I ventured to fuggelt , and promifed to account for ; and though the fubject is ex- : tremely tremely delicate , I am not without hopes of ...
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