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... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the ...
... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect that they were only found to be verses by counting the ...
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... rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- ined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their ...
... rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- ined . If their greatness seldom elevates , their ...
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... rhymes are very often made by pronouns , or particles , or the like unimportant words , which disappoint the ear , and destroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is sometimes dissonant and unpleasing ; he ...
... rhymes are very often made by pronouns , or particles , or the like unimportant words , which disappoint the ear , and destroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is sometimes dissonant and unpleasing ; he ...
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... rhyme or blank verse . Find aur " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec- ted , will not be found without its faults . The digressions are too long , the morality too fre- quent , and the sentiments sometimes such as will not ...
... rhyme or blank verse . Find aur " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec- ted , will not be found without its faults . The digressions are too long , the morality too fre- quent , and the sentiments sometimes such as will not ...
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... rhyme is laid upon 1 + 1 917 Who in in the dark Returning , know our borrow'd arms , and shape , And differing ... rhymes are such as seem found with He is not very careful to vary the ends of his verses ; in one passage the word ...
... rhyme is laid upon 1 + 1 917 Who in in the dark Returning , know our borrow'd arms , and shape , And differing ... rhymes are such as seem found with He is not very careful to vary the ends of his verses ; in one passage the word ...
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Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax ment mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts nihil numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passage passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sent sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whigs write written wrote Young