An Essay on the Nature of the English Verse: With Directions for Reading PoetryJ. Walter, 1799 - 134 стор. |
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... such delay Well pleas'd they flack their courfe , and many a league , Chear'd with the grateful smell , old ocean fmiles . iv . 152 . Let it always be remembered , that , in reading , as well as in writing and printing , the different ...
... such delay Well pleas'd they flack their courfe , and many a league , Chear'd with the grateful smell , old ocean fmiles . iv . 152 . Let it always be remembered , that , in reading , as well as in writing and printing , the different ...
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... Such verfes frequently confift of nine fylla- bles : Yet , to his gueft though no way sparing , He eat himself the rind and faring . Pope , Imit . of H. vi . 169 . And And ' tis but just , I'll tell you wherefore 20 ON THE NATURE.
... Such verfes frequently confift of nine fylla- bles : Yet , to his gueft though no way sparing , He eat himself the rind and faring . Pope , Imit . of H. vi . 169 . And And ' tis but just , I'll tell you wherefore 20 ON THE NATURE.
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... such trouble bring thee ; Think , Cupid , how confounded , Are thofe , whom thou haft wounded ! Lewis's Mifc . Poems , vol . 1. 305 . * A crazy politician of the present day , with a little altera- tion of thefe Hudibraftic lines , may ...
... such trouble bring thee ; Think , Cupid , how confounded , Are thofe , whom thou haft wounded ! Lewis's Mifc . Poems , vol . 1. 305 . * A crazy politician of the present day , with a little altera- tion of thefe Hudibraftic lines , may ...
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... Such Venus fhines , when , with a measur'd bound , She fmoothly gliding , fwims th ' harmonious round . xviii . 229 . Grains of corn leaping , like hailftones , on a barn - floor : While the broad fan with force is whirl'd around ...
... Such Venus fhines , when , with a measur'd bound , She fmoothly gliding , fwims th ' harmonious round . xviii . 229 . Grains of corn leaping , like hailftones , on a barn - floor : While the broad fan with force is whirl'd around ...
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... Such contractions are , in general , harsh and unmufical . ELISIONS , When the next word begins with a vowel : To fet himself in glory above his peers . That were an ignominy , and shame beneath . i . 39 % 115 . The pleasant valley of ...
... Such contractions are , in general , harsh and unmufical . ELISIONS , When the next word begins with a vowel : To fet himself in glory above his peers . That were an ignominy , and shame beneath . i . 39 % 115 . The pleasant valley of ...
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Сторінка 49 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Сторінка 124 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms: Some natural tears they...
Сторінка 38 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
Сторінка 9 - When God hath shower'd the earth ; so lovely seem'd That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Сторінка 50 - The verfe intended to reprefent the whifper of the vernal breeze, muft be confeffed not much to excel in foftnefs or volubility : and the fmooth ftream runs with a perpetual clafh of jarring confonants. The noife and turbulence of the...
Сторінка 49 - The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along the main.
Сторінка 17 - Thus when Philomela drooping Softly seeks her silent mate, See the bird of Juno stooping ; Melody resigns to fate.
Сторінка 16 - FLUTTERING fpread thy purple pinions, Gentle Cupid, o'er my heart ; I a flave in thy dominions ; Nature muft give way to art.
Сторінка 19 - ... tis his fancy to run, At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So, when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way ; They were but my visits, but thou art my home ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.
Сторінка 54 - Till the roofs all around The fhrill echoes rebound. While in more lengthen'd notes and flow The deep, majeftic, folemn organs blow. Hark the numbers foft and clear Gently fteal upon the ear; Now louder, and yet louder rife, And fill with fpreading founds the fkies.