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... verse and prose . Indeed , it may be observed , in addition to the arguments adduced by Mr. Tyrwhitt , that as the ... verses were strictly metrical , or whe- ther they were only distinguished from prose by some species of rhythm : to a ...
... verse and prose . Indeed , it may be observed , in addition to the arguments adduced by Mr. Tyrwhitt , that as the ... verses were strictly metrical , or whe- ther they were only distinguished from prose by some species of rhythm : to a ...
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... verse , as with a view to keep the attention of their hearers upon the stretch by the artificial obscurity of their style ; and to astonish them by those abrupt tran- sitions which are very commonly ( though rather absurdly ) considered ...
... verse , as with a view to keep the attention of their hearers upon the stretch by the artificial obscurity of their style ; and to astonish them by those abrupt tran- sitions which are very commonly ( though rather absurdly ) considered ...
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... verse , may have been a natural appendage to a system of versification less strictly metrical ; -and that , as the date of its original introduction into Latin can only be conjectured , it is not more absurd to ascribe it to some ...
... verse , may have been a natural appendage to a system of versification less strictly metrical ; -and that , as the date of its original introduction into Latin can only be conjectured , it is not more absurd to ascribe it to some ...
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... verse the lives of Wandril and some other Saints held in reverence by the Normans . The next names with which we become ac- quainted , are those of the minstrel TAILLEFER , who is said to have been the first person that broke into the ...
... verse the lives of Wandril and some other Saints held in reverence by the Normans . The next names with which we become ac- quainted , are those of the minstrel TAILLEFER , who is said to have been the first person that broke into the ...
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... in many other works . Indeed , if we write the two hemistichs as separate verses , we obtain that form of verse of which Skelton was so fond , and which , from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually [ 42 ]
... in many other works . Indeed , if we write the two hemistichs as separate verses , we obtain that form of verse of which Skelton was so fond , and which , from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually [ 42 ]
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