The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 17
... 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 in- quiry : either something already learned is to be retrieved , or something new is to be examined ...
... rhyme , and volubility of syllables.` In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or in- quiry : either something already learned is to be retrieved , or something new is to be examined ...
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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 some- times 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 some- times dissonant and unpleasing ; he ...
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... rhyme or blank verse . Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspected , will not be found without its faults . The digres- sions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the sentiments sometimes such as will not bear a rigorous ...
... rhyme or blank verse . Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspected , will not be found without its faults . The digres- sions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the sentiments sometimes such as will not bear a rigorous ...
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... rhymes are such as seem found without dif- ficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at ... rhyme is laid upon a word too feeble to sustain it : - Troy confounded falls From all her glories : if it might have ...
... rhymes are such as seem found without dif- ficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at ... rhyme is laid upon a word too feeble to sustain it : - Troy confounded falls From all her glories : if it might have ...
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