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Pagina 133
... poetry . But perhaps , of poetry as a mental operation , metre or musick is ... English heroick line strikes the ear so faintly that it is easily lost ... English poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a few skilful and ...
... poetry . But perhaps , of poetry as a mental operation , metre or musick is ... English heroick line strikes the ear so faintly that it is easily lost ... English poet to the periods of a declaimer ; and there are only a few skilful and ...
Pagina 287
... English Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham , from which some- thing might be learned , and a few hints had been given by Jonson and Cowley ; but Dryden's Essay on Dramatick Poetry was the first regular ...
... English Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham , from which some- thing might be learned , and a few hints had been given by Jonson and Cowley ; but Dryden's Essay on Dramatick Poetry was the first regular ...
Pagina 331
... English poetry . The Alexandrine , though much his favourite , is not always very diligently fabricated by him . It invariably requires a break at the sixth syllable ; a rule which the modern French poets never violate , but which ...
... English poetry . The Alexandrine , though much his favourite , is not always very diligently fabricated by him . It invariably requires a break at the sixth syllable ; a rule which the modern French poets never violate , but which ...
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