Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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... prose . The causes of this are the har- mony arising from the metre or the rhyme , and which ( without entering into a metaphysi- cal inquiry as to the cause ) may be referred to the same source as the pleasure which music af- fords ...
... prose . The causes of this are the har- mony arising from the metre or the rhyme , and which ( without entering into a metaphysi- cal inquiry as to the cause ) may be referred to the same source as the pleasure which music af- fords ...
Page 93
... prose compositions pleases upon the same principles with those of verse ; and that something like a metrical arrangement may be traced in the style of our best prose writers . This observa- / tion will be less clear and obvious to those ...
... prose compositions pleases upon the same principles with those of verse ; and that something like a metrical arrangement may be traced in the style of our best prose writers . This observa- / tion will be less clear and obvious to those ...
Page 94
... prose numbers , I am well convinced , depends on the judicious admixture of long and short syllables , and the musical , or perhaps metrical conclusion of the periods or sentences . This is an arrangement made by the ear , perhaps ...
... prose numbers , I am well convinced , depends on the judicious admixture of long and short syllables , and the musical , or perhaps metrical conclusion of the periods or sentences . This is an arrangement made by the ear , perhaps ...
Page 95
... prose or verse . A style abounding in dactyls will seem rapid , but it wants dignity . You will find the writ . ings of Shaftsbury very much of this descrip- tion . Many verses in our common translation of the Bible , and the reading ...
... prose or verse . A style abounding in dactyls will seem rapid , but it wants dignity . You will find the writ . ings of Shaftsbury very much of this descrip- tion . Many verses in our common translation of the Bible , and the reading ...
Page 96
... prose ; there are few ears so unmusical as not to be able to compre- hend the cadence of verse ; but the music of prose is on a more varied scale . A fault opposite to the harsh and dissonant , for which all the wit and genius of Swift ...
... prose ; there are few ears so unmusical as not to be able to compre- hend the cadence of verse ; but the music of prose is on a more varied scale . A fault opposite to the harsh and dissonant , for which all the wit and genius of Swift ...
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