Rhyming dictionary for the use of young poets, with an essay on English versification [by T. Smibert].1852 |
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... expressive in a kindred way . Our most eminent national poets , whether taught by the ear or by experience , have shown themselves well aware of these things , and have turned to fine account the Anglo - Saxon constituents of the mother ...
... expressive in a kindred way . Our most eminent national poets , whether taught by the ear or by experience , have shown themselves well aware of these things , and have turned to fine account the Anglo - Saxon constituents of the mother ...
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... expressive- ness . The roughening power of the letter r has been ad- verted to , and other consonants may now be noticed , with exemplifications of their efficient use in poetry . The con- sonants are noticeable for their peculiar ...
... expressive- ness . The roughening power of the letter r has been ad- verted to , and other consonants may now be noticed , with exemplifications of their efficient use in poetry . The con- sonants are noticeable for their peculiar ...
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... expressive of a light and rapid action , at least when conjoined with other consonants . Campbell uses it finely in both ways : - " But see ! ' mid the fast - flashing lightnings of war , What steed to the desert flies frantic and far ...
... expressive of a light and rapid action , at least when conjoined with other consonants . Campbell uses it finely in both ways : - " But see ! ' mid the fast - flashing lightnings of war , What steed to the desert flies frantic and far ...
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... expressive words , though their expressiveness rests mainly on the ter- minations . Such is the case with jar , jerk , jig , jilt , jog , jostle , jumble , jump . Our comic writers have used the most of these to good purpose . It is ...
... expressive words , though their expressiveness rests mainly on the ter- minations . Such is the case with jar , jerk , jig , jilt , jog , jostle , jumble , jump . Our comic writers have used the most of these to good purpose . It is ...
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... expressive kind opened by p , than by any other letter which may be followed by other consonants , as l and r . Nor need a delay our progress . R , however , as al- ready observed , is one of the most emphatic letters in the alphabet ...
... expressive kind opened by p , than by any other letter which may be followed by other consonants , as l and r . Nor need a delay our progress . R , however , as al- ready observed , is one of the most emphatic letters in the alphabet ...
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Page 23 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 12 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 10 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Page 22 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Page 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
Page 18 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 25 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 19 - I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page 13 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...