 There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops, nothing for the ear to rest upon ; but as soon as the copy began, down it went like a larum, incessantly ; and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it : so that really...  The Works of the English Poets: Waller - Seite 9von Samuel Johnson - 1779Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edmund Waller - 1744 - 496 Seiten
...: but, as foon as the copy began, down it went, like a larum, inceflantly; and the reader was fure to be out of breath, before he got to the end of it....really Verfe in thofe days was but down-right profe, tag'd with rhymes. Mr. WALLER. remov'd all thefe faults ; brought-in more poly fyllables,and fmoother... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1768 - 366 Seiten
...: but as foon as the topy began, down it went, like a larum, inceffantly ; and the reader was fure to be out of breath, before he got to the end of it....in thofe days was but down-right profe, tagged with rhimes. Mr. WALLER removed all thefe faults; brought in more polyfyllables, and fmoother meafures;... | |
 | Edmund Waller, Percival Stockdale - 1772 - 330 Seiten
...: but, as foon as the copy began, down it went, like a larum, inceflantly ; and the reader was fure to be out of breath, before he got to the end of it. So that really Verle in thofe days was but down-right profe, tagged with rhimes. Mr. WHLLER removed all thefe faults... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - 1783 - 478 Seiten
...; but, as foon as the copy began, down it went, like a larum, inceflantly ; and the reader was fure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it....; bound up his thoughts better ; and in a cadence more agreeable to the nature of the verfe he wrote in : fo that wherever the natural flops of that... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 Seiten
...upon ; but as soon as the copy began, down it went like a larum, incessantly, and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it : so that really verse, in those days, was but dowuright prose tagged with rhymes. Mr. Waller removed all these fanlts,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...soon as the copy began, down it went, like a laruin, incessantly ; and the reader was sure to be oat of breath, before he got to the end of it. So that really verse in those> days was bat down-right prose, tagged with rhymes. Mr. Waller removed all these faults... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1885 - 266 Seiten
...upon. But as soon as the copy began, down it went like a larum, incessantly ; and the reader was sure to be out of breath, before he got to the end of it. So that really verse in those days was but downright prose, tagg'd with rhymes. Mr. Waller remov'd all these faults,... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1885 - 260 Seiten
...upon. But as soon as the copy began, down it went, like a larum, incessantly ; and the reader was sure to be out of breath, before he got to the end of it. So that really verse in those days was but down-right prose, tagged with rhymes.' Mr. Waller remov'd all these faults,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 Seiten
...; but, as soon as the copy began, down it went, like a larum, incessantly, and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it. So that really verse in those days was but downright prose tagged with rhymes. Mr. Waller removed all these faults,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 Seiten
...; but, as soon as the copy began, down it went, like a larum, incessantly, and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it. So that really verse in those days was but downright prose tagged with rhymes. Mr. Waller removed all these faults,... | |
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