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" Spanish poets of prime note have rejected rime both in longer and shorter works, as have also long since our best English tragedies, as a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial and of no true musical delight; which consists only in apt numbers,... "
Paradise Lost - Page 113
by John Milton - 1851 - 415 pages
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Retrospective Review, Volume 14

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 384 pages
...a thing of itself, to all judicious eares, triveal and of no true musical delight ; which consists only in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse to another, not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fault avoyded by the learned ancients both...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...as a thing of itself, to all judicious eares, triveal and of no true musical delight; which consists only in apt Numbers, fit quantity of Syllables, and...drawn out from one verse into another, not in the jingling1 sound of like endings, a fault avoyded by the learned Ancients both in Poetry and all good...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pages
...as a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial and of no true musical delight, which consists only in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse to another ; lot in the jingling sound of like endings, — a fault studiously avoided by the learned...
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Œuvres complètes, Volume 35

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...as a thing of itself, to all judicious ears , trivial and of no true musical delight, which consists only in apt Numbers, fit quantity of Syllables, and...sound of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned Ancients both in Poetry and all good Oratory. This neglect then of Rime so little is to be taken for...
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Le paradis perdu, Volume 1

John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...as a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial and of no true musical delight, which consists only in apt Numbers, fit quantity of Syllables, and...sound of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned Ancients both in Poetry and all good Oratory. This neglect then of Rime so little is to be taken for...
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Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de Milton

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...a thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial and of no true musical delight, which consists only in apt Numbers, fit quantity of Syllables, and...sound of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned Ancients both in Poetry and all good Oratory. This neglect then of Rime so little is to be taken for...
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Paradis perdu: de Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...as a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial and of no true musical delight, which consists only in apt Numbers, fit quantity of Syllables, and...another, not in the jingling sound of like endings, a faalt avoided by the learned Ancients both in Poetry and all good Oratory. This neglect then of Rime...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...a thing of itself, to all judicious eares, triveal and of no true musical delight ; which consists only in apt Numbers, fit quantity of Syllables, and...not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fault avoyded by the learned Ancients both in Poetry and all good Oratory. This neglect then of Rime, so...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - 1840 - 340 pages
...as a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial and of no true musical delight, which consists only in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse to another ; not in the jingling sound of like endings, — a fault studiously avoided by the learned...
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Paradise Lost: With Variorum Notes ... and a Memoir of the Life of Milton ...

John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial, and of no true musical delight ; which consists only in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and...sound of like endings, a fault avoided by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory, This neglect, then, of rhyme so little is to be taken...
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