 K5• points out a remarkable passage, or something that requires particular attention. A Brace > is used in poetry at the end of a triplet or three lines, which have the same rhyme. Braces are also used to connect a number of words with one common term,...  An Essay on Punctuation - Page 143by Joseph Robertson - 1785 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 278 pages
...Arms ; Britain to foft refinements lefs a foe, 265 Wit grew polite, and ' Numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join ^ The varying verfe, the full-refoundjng line, £» The longmajeftic March, and Energy divine. j Tho' ftill fome traces of our... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 800 pages
...flops the fenfe from over-flowing into another " line." But Mr. Pope gives all this merit to Dryden. Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join 'The varying verfe, the full refounding line. The long MAJESTIC MARCH, and energy divine. Imitat. of Hor. Ep. i. B. 2. Having... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 pages
...arms ; • Britain to foft refinements lefs a foe, 265 Wit grew polite, and numbers learn'd to flow. Waller * wa.s fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe, the full-rrefounding line, The long majeftic march, and energy divine. Tho' ftill fome traces of our ruftic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 476 pages
...be faid of his verification, will be little more than a dilatation of the praife given it by Pope. Waller was fmooth; but Dryden taught to join"! The varying verfe, the full-refounding line, L The long majeftick march, and energy! , divine. •* • Some improvements had been already made... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...foot, tried another experiment upon, found and time, and produced this memorable triplet -3 Waller "Waller was fmooth; but Dryden taught to join") The varying verfe, the full refounding line, £ The long majeftick march, and energy divine. J Here are the fwiftnefs of the... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...lightncfs of foot, tried another experiment upon found and time, and produced this memorable triplet ; Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe, the full refounding line, The long majeftick march, and energy divine. Here are the fwiftnefs of the rapid... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 456 pages
...be faid of his verfification, will be little more than a dilatation of the praife given it by Pope. Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join. The varying verfe, the full-refounding line, The long majeftick march, and energy1 divine. Some improvements had been already made in Englifh numbers ; but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...be faid of his verfification, will be little more than a dilatation of the praife given it by Pope: Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe, the full-refounding line, The long majcftick march, and energy divine. Some improvements had been already made in Englifh numbers ; but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...lightnefs of foot, tried another experiment uponfoynd and time, and produced this memorable triplet ; Waller was fmooth , but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe, the full refounding line. The long majefttck march, and energy divine • join 1 ? \ me. J Here are the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...Arms ; Britain to foft refinements lefs a foe, 265 Wit grew po'ite, and ' Numbers learn'd to flow. Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verfe, the full refounding line, The long majeftic March, and Energy divine. Tho' dill fome traces of our m ruftic... | |
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