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Page 361
... melody ; and for that reason this pause may be neglected . With respect then to the pauses of sense and of melody , it may be affirmed without he- fitation , that their coincidence in verfe is a capital beauty . But as it cannot be ...
... melody ; and for that reason this pause may be neglected . With respect then to the pauses of sense and of melody , it may be affirmed without he- fitation , that their coincidence in verfe is a capital beauty . But as it cannot be ...
Page 367
... melody , these feet m ft be determined by the pauses . The whole fyllables interjected betwixt two paufes ought to be deemed one musical foot ; because , to pre- serve the melody , they must all be pronounced together , with- out any ...
... melody , these feet m ft be determined by the pauses . The whole fyllables interjected betwixt two paufes ought to be deemed one musical foot ; because , to pre- serve the melody , they must all be pronounced together , with- out any ...
Page 415
... melody appear more perfect than if the mufical pauses were regular . To explain the rules of accenting , two general obfervations must be premised . The firft is , That accents have a double effect . They contribute to the melody , by ...
... melody appear more perfect than if the mufical pauses were regular . To explain the rules of accenting , two general obfervations must be premised . The firft is , That accents have a double effect . They contribute to the melody , by ...
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt betwixt cafe cauſe chap circumſtance cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſcover diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome ftill fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inſtead inverfion itſelf Jane Shore laft language laſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofition paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſhment purpoſe raiſe reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſcarce ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort fyllables ſhould ſome ſpeak ſpectator Spondees ſtill ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words