The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as ftood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the ...
... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verfes , and very often fuch verfes as ftood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting the ...
Page 25
... rhyme , and volubility of fyllables . In perufing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or inquiry ; either fomething already learned is to be retrieved , or fome- thing new is to be examined ...
... rhyme , and volubility of fyllables . In perufing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or inquiry ; either fomething already learned is to be retrieved , or fome- thing new is to be examined ...
Page 49
... rhyming profe : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide than own the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than fo ; It now an artifice does grow Wrongs ...
... rhyming profe : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to hide than own the obligation : Nay , ' tis much worse than fo ; It now an artifice does grow Wrongs ...
Page 66
... rhymes are very often made by pronouns or par- ticles , or the like unimportant words , which difappoint the ear , and destroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is fome- times diffonate and unpleafing ; he ...
... rhymes are very often made by pronouns or par- ticles , or the like unimportant words , which difappoint the ear , and destroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is fome- times diffonate and unpleafing ; he ...
Page 77
... rhyme , or blank verse , " COOPER'S HILL , " if it be malicioufly infpected , will not be found without its faults . The digreffions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the fen- timents fometimes fuch as will not bear a ...
... rhyme , or blank verse , " COOPER'S HILL , " if it be malicioufly infpected , will not be found without its faults . The digreffions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the fen- timents fometimes fuch as will not bear a ...
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