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 by William Roscoe, Esq, Volume 6Longman, Brown, 1847 |
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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 This idea recurs in the correspondence with Mr ...
... 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 This idea recurs in the correspondence with Mr ...
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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 management of which depends the variety of versification . For example : At the fifth ...
... 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 management of which depends the variety of versification . For example : At the fifth ...
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... syllable , each line consisting of twelve syllables , as in our Alexandrine : 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 mourn ...
... syllable , each line consisting of twelve syllables , as in our Alexandrine : 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 mourn ...
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... syllable lines . Warton . 3 On the contrary , as Mr. Webb very judiciously observes , " Mono- syllables may full as happily be employed on the opposite motions and affections : No ; fly me , fly me , far as pole from pole . Ah ! come ...
... syllable lines . Warton . 3 On the contrary , as Mr. Webb very judiciously observes , " Mono- syllables may full as happily be employed on the opposite motions and affections : No ; fly me , fly me , far as pole from pole . Ah ! come ...
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... syllables ; and that , almost without exception , the period is divided into two equal lines , and , as it were , linked by the rhyme into a couplet . For example , All are but parts of one stupendous whole , Whose body Nature is , and ...
... syllables ; and that , almost without exception , the period is divided into two equal lines , and , as it were , linked by the rhyme into a couplet . For example , All are but parts of one stupendous whole , Whose body Nature is , and ...
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