 | Henry James Jennings - 1881 - 214 pages
...rhyming of the final syllable, even when accompanied by the presence of a certain number of feet,—nay, although (which does not always happen) those feet...regularly, and have been all counted accurately upon the fingers,—is not the whole art of poetry. We would entreat him to believe that a certain portion of... | |
 | John Louis Haney - 1904 - 304 pages
...mere rhyming of the final syllable, even when accompanied by the presence of a certain number of feet, —nay, although (which does not always happen) those...regularly, and have been all counted accurately upon the fingers,—is not the whole art of poetry. We would entreat him to believe, that a certain portion... | |
 | Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - 1905 - 392 pages
...rhyming of the final syllable, even when accompanied by the presence of a certain number of feet — nay, although (which does not always happen) those...upon the fingers — is not the whole art of poetry. A certain portion of liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem . . . &c. &c."... | |
 | Charles Stephen Brooks - 1917 - 170 pages
...rhyming of the final syllable, even when accompanied by the presence of a certain number of feet ... is not the whole art of poetry. We would entreat him to believe," continued the reviewer, "that a certain portion of liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute... | |
 | Charles Stephen Brooks (essayiste).) - 1917 - 168 pages
...rhyming of the final syllable, even when accompanied by the presence of a certain number of feet ... is not the whole art of poetry. We would entreat him to believe," continued the reviewer, "that a certain portion of liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute... | |
 | Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - 1923 - 398 pages
...rhyming of the final syllable, even when accompanied by the presence of a certain number of feet — nay, although (which does not always happen) those...upon the fingers — is not the whole art of poetry. A certain portion of liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem . . . &c. &c."... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Jedidiah Morse - 1815 - 192 pages
...mere rhyming of the final syllable, even when accompanied by the presence of a certain number of Jeet; nay, although (which does not always happen) those feet should scan regularly, and have been all accurately counted on the fingers — is not the whole art of poetry. We should entreat him to believe,... | |
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We would entreat him to believe, that a certain portion of liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought, either in a little degree different from the... 
