| 1764 - 592 pages
...poetry, fhould confift of fyllables that are long in pronunciation 5 fuch as are, ear, ire, ore, vour ; in which a nice ear will find more agreeablenefs than...had its day. " A good writer cannot with the utmoft ftudy produce lome thoughts which will flow from a bad one with cafe and precipitation. The reverfe... | |
| William Shenstone - 1764 - 406 pages
...RHYME?, in elegant poetry, fliould confift of fyllables that are long in pronuntiation ; fuch asare, ear, ire, ore, your ; in which a nice ear will find more agreeablenefs than iu thefe gnat, net, knit, knot, ndt. XLI. THERE is a vaft beauty (to me) in ufing a word of a particular... | |
| William Shenstone - 1765 - 638 pages
...poetry. XL. RHYMES, in elegant poetry, fliould con fift of fyllables that are long in pronuntiation ; fuch as " are, " ear, ire, ore, your" ; in which a...agreeablenefs than in thefe " gnat, net, " knit, knot, nut". XLI. THERE is a vaft beauty (to me) in ufing a word of a particular nature in the eighth and ninth... | |
| 1812 - 314 pages
...poetry. 40. Khymes, in elegant poetry, should consist of syllables that are long in pronunciation: such as " are, ear, ire, ore, your;" in which a nice ear will find more agreeableness than in these; " gnat, net, knit, knot, nut." 41. There is a vast beauty (to me) in using... | |
| 1812 - 314 pages
...poetry. 40. Rhymes, in elegant poetry, should consist of syllables that are long in pronunciation: such as " are, ear, ire, ore, your;" in which a nice ear will find more.agreeableness than in these; " gnat, net, knit, knot, nut." 41. There is a vast beauty (to me)... | |
| William Shenstone - 1868 - 364 pages
...poetry. RHYMES, in elegant poetry, should consist of syllables that are long in pronunciation ; such as are, ear, ire, ore, your ; in which a nice ear will find more agreeableness than in these, gnat, net, knit, knot, nut. THERE is a vast beauty (to me) in using a... | |
| William Shenstone - 1868 - 364 pages
...poetry. RHYMES, in elegant poetry, should consist of syllables that are long in pronunciation ; such as are, ear, ire, ore, your; in which a nice ear will find more agreeableness than in these, gnat, net, knit, knot, nut. THERE is a vast beauty (to me) in using a... | |
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