 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...tragedies, 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 into another, not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fault avoided by the learned Ancients, both... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...tragedies, as a thing of itself, to all judicious ears, trivial and of no true musical delight : IV which consists only in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another, not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fault avoided by the learned Ancients, both... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...tragedies : as a thing of itself, to all jutlickms 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 into another ; not in the jingling sound oflike endings, a fault avoided by the learned ancients, both... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...tragedies, 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 into another, not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fault avoided by the learned ancients, both... | |
 | 1823 - 782 pages
...from enjoying, you would find excellc'iit specimens of the nobleness and beauty of this metre. Uhyme is a trivial thing, and of no true musical delight...in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the stnse variously drawn out from one verse to another, and not in the jingling sound of like endings,... | |
 | 1823 - 584 pages
...Shakspeare. Mil. Ay, in him, independently of the admirable matter, which 'tis pity that the fanatical notions of your sect cut you off from enjoying, you...as a fault, both in poetry and all good oratory. In Shakspeare, however, whose purpose led him to employ this verso sciolto (as the Italians call it) in... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...tragedies, 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 into another, not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fault avoided by the learned ancients both... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 384 pages
...tragedies, 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,...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 in poetry and... | |
 | 1826 - 382 pages
...tragedies, 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,...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 in poetry and... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 pages
...tragedies ; 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,...sense variously drawn out from one verse to another; not in the jingling sound of like endings, — a fault studiously avoided by the learned ancients,... | |
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... apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another... 
