Poems on Several Occasions: And Two Critical Essays; Viz., the First, on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of Numbers Whether in Prose Or Verse, the Second, on the Numbers of Paradise Lost, Հատոր 1John Hughs, 1745 - 174 էջ |
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Էջ 103
... Dactyle and the Anapoeft [ ] are the Same RHYTHMUS , tho ' not the Same Foor or MOVEMENT . The Measure of Time in Ordinary Speech , and in our own Lan- guage , is the Space in which we pronounce any one of the Liquids , or any other ...
... Dactyle and the Anapoeft [ ] are the Same RHYTHMUS , tho ' not the Same Foor or MOVEMENT . The Measure of Time in Ordinary Speech , and in our own Lan- guage , is the Space in which we pronounce any one of the Liquids , or any other ...
Էջ 104
... Dactyle uu : 099 The Anapoestum : 990 The Trochee The Iambic ०१ १० Nor can you poffibly difpofe of These in any other manner without increafing the Time , or repeating the Same Movements : as in the Amphimacer , for Inftance , or ...
... Dactyle uu : 099 The Anapoestum : 990 The Trochee The Iambic ०१ १० Nor can you poffibly difpofe of These in any other manner without increafing the Time , or repeating the Same Movements : as in the Amphimacer , for Inftance , or ...
Էջ 130
... Dactyle or the Anapaft : in which PUSHING NUMBER the Wound feems to be given , as the Damfels lament it in almost the only True or Genuine Iämbic . But whither have I fuffer'd myself to be transported ? For in all This I am fenfible I ...
... Dactyle or the Anapaft : in which PUSHING NUMBER the Wound feems to be given , as the Damfels lament it in almost the only True or Genuine Iämbic . But whither have I fuffer'd myself to be transported ? For in all This I am fenfible I ...
Էջ 147
... Dactyle , which - ever we chuse to call it . B. xi . Ver . 491 And a strong Accent is fo far from be ing neceffary on the Even Syllable at All times , that in the Cafe of Polyfyllables the Paufe fufficiently fupplies it's Place , and a ...
... Dactyle , which - ever we chuse to call it . B. xi . Ver . 491 And a strong Accent is fo far from be ing neceffary on the Even Syllable at All times , that in the Cafe of Polyfyllables the Paufe fufficiently fupplies it's Place , and a ...
Էջ 149
... Dactyle , adds to the Grace , or Fulness of the Sound . And ma- ny of our Spondees themselves are fometimes a kind of Spurious or Half Iambics ; and , at other times , little more than the Pyrri- chius , 9 , a fort of Imperfect Measure ...
... Dactyle , adds to the Grace , or Fulness of the Sound . And ma- ny of our Spondees themselves are fometimes a kind of Spurious or Half Iambics ; and , at other times , little more than the Pyrri- chius , 9 , a fort of Imperfect Measure ...
Common terms and phrases
१ १ Accent ÆNEID agreeable alfo almoſt Ancients Anſwer Attorney at Law AURENG-ZEBE Beauty becauſe BELPHOEBE Books Breaſt call'd CICERO clofe Cloſe Compofitions confifts Dactyle Defign Defire Eaſe exprefs faid fame fays feems feen fhall fhew fhould firft Firſt fome fometimes foon ftand ftill fuch give Grace Happineſs Harmony Heaven himſelf HORACE Iambic Idéas ILIAD Inftance Ipfwich itſelf John Juft juſtly Laft leaſt Lines Love mány Meaſure MILTON Mind moſt Movements Mufic Muſe muſt myſelf obferve Occafion Paffage Paffion PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAIN'D Paufes pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poëm Poët Power of Numbers Praiſe Profe Propriety Purpoſe Pyrrichius QUINTILIAN raiſe Reader Reaſon reft REGAIN'D reſt rife Rime Samuel ſeem Senfe Sentence ſhall Soul Sounds Spondee Syllables Tämbics Thee Thefe themſelves Theſe Thofe Thoſe Thou Thoughts Thouſand thro Tranflations Trochee utmoſt Variety Verfe Verſe vext Voice whofe Words
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Էջ 126 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Էջ 112 - Shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done.
Էջ 104 - Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon : then from pole to pole He views in breadth, and without longer pause Down right into the world's first region throws His flight precipitant, and winds with ease Through the pure marble air his oblique way Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Stars distant, but nigh hand seem'd other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles...
Էջ 149 - Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feign'd of old or fabled since Of faery damsels, met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.
Էջ 150 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Էջ 133 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes: but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces; he Whose image thou art, him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be called Mother of human race.
Էջ 97 - By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.
Էջ 101 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Էջ 148 - And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Էջ 170 - AND it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God...