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Page 55
... lines the fundamental feature of his prosody , the substitution of the free musical paragraph for the line as the unit of verse . They had been writing separate lines so long that they could not rid themselves of the habit . In truth ...
... lines the fundamental feature of his prosody , the substitution of the free musical paragraph for the line as the unit of verse . They had been writing separate lines so long that they could not rid themselves of the habit . In truth ...
Page 56
... lines that he quoted from Paradise Lost . " Heroick measure , " according to Dr. Johnson , is " pure . . when the accent rests upon every second syllable through the whole line . . . . The repetition of this sound or percussion at equal ...
... lines that he quoted from Paradise Lost . " Heroick measure , " according to Dr. Johnson , is " pure . . when the accent rests upon every second syllable through the whole line . . . . The repetition of this sound or percussion at equal ...
Page 89
... lines which do show it appeared from the same pen . Milton was fortunate in his first follower , who was no other than the Earl of Roscommon , nephew of the Earl of Strafford . Roscommon was not only a person of rank , but a poet highly ...
... lines which do show it appeared from the same pen . Milton was fortunate in his first follower , who was no other than the Earl of Roscommon , nephew of the Earl of Strafford . Roscommon was not only a person of rank , but a poet highly ...
Page 101
... lines of it are rimed . 3 Hymn to Truth , in the Review , vol . ii , no . 1 ( Feb. 27 , 1705 ) . See also the lines in Supplement , no . 5 ( January , 1705 ) , appended to volume i of the Review . My attention was called to these poems ...
... lines of it are rimed . 3 Hymn to Truth , in the Review , vol . ii , no . 1 ( Feb. 27 , 1705 ) . See also the lines in Supplement , no . 5 ( January , 1705 ) , appended to volume i of the Review . My attention was called to these poems ...
Page 106
... lines with Addi- son's rendering of the same passage : ' Tis said , the Bulk of huge Enceladus Blasted with Light'ning , by This pond'rous Mount Is crush'd ; and Etna , o'er him whelm'd , expires Flame from it's burst Volcano's : And ...
... lines with Addi- son's rendering of the same passage : ' Tis said , the Bulk of huge Enceladus Blasted with Light'ning , by This pond'rous Mount Is crush'd ; and Etna , o'er him whelm'd , expires Flame from it's burst Volcano's : And ...
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