The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others, to which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... syllables ; to be almost the only trifler in the nation ; and as ridiculous as the poet in Petronius , who , while all the rest in the ship were either labouring or praying for life , was scratching his head in a little room , to write ...
... syllables ; to be almost the only trifler in the nation ; and as ridiculous as the poet in Petronius , who , while all the rest in the ship were either labouring or praying for life , was scratching his head in a little room , to write ...
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... syllables , there is naturally a pause at the fourth , fifth , or sixth syllable . It is upon these the ear rests , and upon the judicious change and manage- ment of which depends the variety of versifica- tion . For example : At the ...
... syllables , there is naturally a pause at the fourth , fifth , or sixth syllable . It is upon these the ear rests , and upon the judicious change and manage- ment of which depends the variety of versifica- tion . For example : At the ...
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... syllable , each line consisting of twelve syllables , as in our Alexan- drine : C'est en vain qu'au Parnasse | un téméraire auteur Pense de l'art des vers | atteindre la hauteur . The nymphs in twilight shades | of tangled thickets ...
... syllable , each line consisting of twelve syllables , as in our Alexan- drine : C'est en vain qu'au Parnasse | un téméraire auteur Pense de l'art des vers | atteindre la hauteur . The nymphs in twilight shades | of tangled thickets ...
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... syllables , which , I think , should never be allowed but when some remark- able beauty or propriety in them atones ... syllable lines . Warton . † On the contrary , as Mr. Webb very judiciously observes , " Monosyllables may full as ...
... syllables , which , I think , should never be allowed but when some remark- able beauty or propriety in them atones ... syllable lines . Warton . † On the contrary , as Mr. Webb very judiciously observes , " Monosyllables may full as ...
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... syllables , in the same time that we should through a verse of thirteen ? But our Alexandrine can never consist of more than twelve syllables . The inference is obvious . " Observations on Poetry , p . 178 . Warton . The hiatus which ...
... syllables , in the same time that we should through a verse of thirteen ? But our Alexandrine can never consist of more than twelve syllables . The inference is obvious . " Observations on Poetry , p . 178 . Warton . The hiatus which ...
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