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... vexed himself in the composition of alliterative , or , per- haps , monosyllabic poetry . Some old writers also amused themselves in devising combinations of Latin words , which might be changed in their order INTRODUCTION.
... vexed himself in the composition of alliterative , or , per- haps , monosyllabic poetry . Some old writers also amused themselves in devising combinations of Latin words , which might be changed in their order INTRODUCTION.
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... poet , so minutely transcribed as only to be legible by the aid of a magnifier . This was believed to be an imitation of a similar effort in the way of portraiture which was at one time in the library of St. John's College at Oxford ...
... poet , so minutely transcribed as only to be legible by the aid of a magnifier . This was believed to be an imitation of a similar effort in the way of portraiture which was at one time in the library of St. John's College at Oxford ...
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... poet , so minutely transcrib legible by the aid of a mag believed to be an imitation of the way of portraiture which w the library of St. John's Colle a head of Charles I. was dra acters , so fine as to resemb engraving , but which ...
... poet , so minutely transcrib legible by the aid of a mag believed to be an imitation of the way of portraiture which w the library of St. John's Colle a head of Charles I. was dra acters , so fine as to resemb engraving , but which ...
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... poetry , " by others has been looked upon as frivo- lous , while a third class have sanctioned its use as a worthy and impressive embellishment . It is a somewhat mechanical aid to the rhythm of verse , and in the reciting or reading of ...
... poetry , " by others has been looked upon as frivo- lous , while a third class have sanctioned its use as a worthy and impressive embellishment . It is a somewhat mechanical aid to the rhythm of verse , and in the reciting or reading of ...
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... poets . In the early ages such a feature in poetry might have been welcome , and in some degree necessary , when , as in Scandinavian , Old German , and Icelandic verse , " the harmony neither de- pended on the quantity of syllables ...
... poets . In the early ages such a feature in poetry might have been welcome , and in some degree necessary , when , as in Scandinavian , Old German , and Icelandic verse , " the harmony neither de- pended on the quantity of syllables ...
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