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... - Dia- logue . Plato . Cicero . - Lucian . Horne Tooke . neca . LETTER XXIV . Description and Origin of Poetry . - Metre.- Rhyme . - English Metres Page 1 . 13 . 42 60 86 LETTER XXV . Thoughts and Language of Poetry LETTER XXVI.
... - Dia- logue . Plato . Cicero . - Lucian . Horne Tooke . neca . LETTER XXIV . Description and Origin of Poetry . - Metre.- Rhyme . - English Metres Page 1 . 13 . 42 60 86 LETTER XXV . Thoughts and Language of Poetry LETTER XXVI.
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... Rhyme . - English Metres . MY DEAR JOHN , HAVING endeavoured to present you with a critical view of the various forms of prosaic composition , I shall proceed without further preparation to the enchanting regions of poetry ; a fairy ...
... Rhyme . - English Metres . MY DEAR JOHN , HAVING endeavoured to present you with a critical view of the various forms of prosaic composition , I shall proceed without further preparation to the enchanting regions of poetry ; a fairy ...
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... rhyme , or some- thing which should correspond with the mu- sical cadence ; hence the invention of all the different antient metres ; and hence we may lay it down as a maxim that metre of some kind is essential to poetry ... The origin ...
... rhyme , or some- thing which should correspond with the mu- sical cadence ; hence the invention of all the different antient metres ; and hence we may lay it down as a maxim that metre of some kind is essential to poetry ... The origin ...
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... rhyme . Yet I must confess that , in the bulk of our poetry , and in our he- roic verse in particular , more attention is given to accent than to quantity . From these defects in our numbers , and to afford us that regular return of the ...
... rhyme . Yet I must confess that , in the bulk of our poetry , and in our he- roic verse in particular , more attention is given to accent than to quantity . From these defects in our numbers , and to afford us that regular return of the ...
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... rhyme . Whether blank verse or rhyme is to be preferred is still a matter.in dis- pute among the critics . In tragedy it is cer- tainly more natural , as approaching nearer to prose ; but the few successful adventurers in blank verse in ...
... rhyme . Whether blank verse or rhyme is to be preferred is still a matter.in dis- pute among the critics . In tragedy it is cer- tainly more natural , as approaching nearer to prose ; but the few successful adventurers in blank verse in ...
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