Elements of criticism [by H. Home].Bell & Bradfute, A. Constable & Company, and J. Fairbairn, [and others], 1817 - Criticism - 515 pages |
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... perfection ; and this selection , at the same time , would abridge the number of useful sounds , so as perhaps not to leave sufficient for answering the different ends of language . In this view , the harmony of pronunciation dif- fers ...
... perfection ; and this selection , at the same time , would abridge the number of useful sounds , so as perhaps not to leave sufficient for answering the different ends of language . In this view , the harmony of pronunciation dif- fers ...
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... perfection , ( for we are made capable of conceiving what we are incapable of attaining , ) but however sufficient upon the whole to constitute a state easy and happy , or at the worst tolerable : I say , it seems to me , that the ...
... perfection , ( for we are made capable of conceiving what we are incapable of attaining , ) but however sufficient upon the whole to constitute a state easy and happy , or at the worst tolerable : I say , it seems to me , that the ...
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... perfection ; which is not occasioned by any particular combination of Dac- tyles and Spondees , or of long and short syllables , because we find lines where Dactyles prevail , and lines where Spondees prevail , equally melodious . Of ...
... perfection ; which is not occasioned by any particular combination of Dac- tyles and Spondees , or of long and short syllables , because we find lines where Dactyles prevail , and lines where Spondees prevail , equally melodious . Of ...
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... perfection . To draw melody from these lines , they must be pronounced without relation to the sense : it must not be regarded , that words are divided by pauses , nor that harsh elisions are multi- plied . To add to the account ...
... perfection . To draw melody from these lines , they must be pronounced without relation to the sense : it must not be regarded , that words are divided by pauses , nor that harsh elisions are multi- plied . To add to the account ...
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... perfection , slow in- deed , but uniform ; and there is no reason to doubt that rhyme , in Britain , will in time be forced to abandon its unjust conquest , and to confine itself within its natural limits . Having said what occurred ...
... perfection , slow in- deed , but uniform ; and there is no reason to doubt that rhyme , in Britain , will in time be forced to abandon its unjust conquest , and to confine itself within its natural limits . Having said what occurred ...
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