 The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the lovers of blank verse, changes the measures of an English poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a few skilful and happy readers of Milton, who enable their audience to perceive where the...  Remains of William S. Graham: With a Memoir... - Page 269by William Sloan Graham - 1849 - 278 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...distinctness is -<1 and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so null boastetl by the lovers of blank verse, changes the measures of an English port to the periods of a declaimer; and there are only a few happy readers of , who enable their audience... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...variety of paufes, fo much boalted by the lovers of blank verfe, changes the meafures of an Englifh poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a few fkilful and happy readers of Milton, who enable their audience to perceive where the lines end or begin.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...distinct system of sounds; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the lovers...the periods of a declaimer; and there are only a few happy readers of Milton, who enable their audience to perceive where the lines end or begin. Blank... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...distinct system of sounds; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the lovers...audience to perceive where the lines end or begin. Blank verse, said an ingenious critick, seems to be vcres only to the eye. Poetry may subsist without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...variety of paufes, fo much boafted by the lovers of blank verfe, changes the meafures of an Englifli poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a few fkilful and happy readers of Milton, who enable their audience to perceive where the lines end or begin.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...distinct system of sounds; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the lovers...to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only i few skilful and happy readers of Milton, who enable their audience to perceive where the lines end... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the lovers...the measures of an English poet to the periods of a decliimer ; and there are only a few skilful and happy readers of Milton, who enable their audience... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the lovers of blank vefse, changes the measures of an English poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the loveis of blank verse changes the measures of an English...audience to perceive where the lines end or begin. Blank verse, said an ingenious critick, seems to be verse only to the eye. Poetry may subsist without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...distinct system of sounds; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme. The variety of pauses, so much boasted by the lovers,...audience to perceive where the lines end or begin. Blank 'verse, said an ingenious critick, seems to be verse only to the eye. Poetry may subsist without... | |
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