The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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Արդյունքներ 74–ի 6-ից 10-ը:
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... these verses , as in the former , the accents ge- nerally fall on every second fyllable , but not without ex- ception , as you will fee in the following example : A fhów'r of foft and fleecy ráin Falls , to new - clothe the earth agáin ...
... these verses , as in the former , the accents ge- nerally fall on every second fyllable , but not without ex- ception , as you will fee in the following example : A fhów'r of foft and fleecy ráin Falls , to new - clothe the earth agáin ...
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... these verses , ought to be at the fixth fyllable , as we fee in the foregoing examples . In this place it cannot be amifs to obferve , that tho ' the Alexandrine verfe , when rightly employ'd , has an agree . able effect in our poetry ...
... these verses , ought to be at the fixth fyllable , as we fee in the foregoing examples . In this place it cannot be amifs to obferve , that tho ' the Alexandrine verfe , when rightly employ'd , has an agree . able effect in our poetry ...
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... These are the elifions and contractions moft ufually made in our verfification ; the reft may be learnt by reading our beft modern poets ; for the liberties taken by fome of our antient ones are not to be encouraged .. There are a few ...
... These are the elifions and contractions moft ufually made in our verfification ; the reft may be learnt by reading our beft modern poets ; for the liberties taken by fome of our antient ones are not to be encouraged .. There are a few ...
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... and to give us an idea of the rapidity of these immortal horses , he measures their ftrokes , as Longinus obferves , by the whole breadth of the horizon . Far as a fhepherd from fome point on high O'er Of the BEAUTY of THOUGHT .
... and to give us an idea of the rapidity of these immortal horses , he measures their ftrokes , as Longinus obferves , by the whole breadth of the horizon . Far as a fhepherd from fome point on high O'er Of the BEAUTY of THOUGHT .
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... Do lace the fevering clouds in yonder east . Night's tapers are burnt out , and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops . These paffages may be justly rank'd among grand and fublime 26 Of the BEAUTY of THOUGHT .
... Do lace the fevering clouds in yonder east . Night's tapers are burnt out , and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops . These paffages may be justly rank'd among grand and fublime 26 Of the BEAUTY of THOUGHT .
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