Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 |
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Page 106
... Spondees , which they denominate feet . One at first view is led to think , that these feet are also intended to ... Spondee are no other than artificial measures invented for trying the accuracy of com- pofition . Repeated experiments ...
... Spondees , which they denominate feet . One at first view is led to think , that these feet are also intended to ... Spondee are no other than artificial measures invented for trying the accuracy of com- pofition . Repeated experiments ...
Page 107
... Spondees , the paufe now mentioned di- vides always a Dactyle or a Spondee , without ever being at the end of either of these feet . Hence it is evident , that if a line be pronounced , as it is fcanned , by Dactyles and Spondees , the ...
... Spondees , the paufe now mentioned di- vides always a Dactyle or a Spondee , without ever being at the end of either of these feet . Hence it is evident , that if a line be pronounced , as it is fcanned , by Dactyles and Spondees , the ...
Page 109
... Spondees that this line admits . Next in order comes the paufe . At the end of every Hexameter line , no ear but must be fen- fible of a complete clofe or full paufe ; an effect that proceeds from the very conftruction of this line ...
... Spondees that this line admits . Next in order comes the paufe . At the end of every Hexameter line , no ear but must be fen- fible of a complete clofe or full paufe ; an effect that proceeds from the very conftruction of this line ...
Page 117
... Spondees , or of long and fhort fyllables , because we find lines where Dactyles prevail and lines where Spondees pre- vail , equally melodious . Of the former take the following instance : Eneadum genitrix hominum divùmque voluptas ...
... Spondees , or of long and fhort fyllables , because we find lines where Dactyles prevail and lines where Spondees pre- vail , equally melodious . Of the former take the following instance : Eneadum genitrix hominum divùmque voluptas ...
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