rhythmus
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What is a little extraordinary, there is a want of rhythmus and cadence in what they write without the help of metrical rules.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
Even the irregularities of Shakspeare's versification are expressive; a verse broken off, or a sudden change of rhythmus, coincides with some pause in the progress of the thought, or the entrance of another mental disposition.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
They register less completely, it seems to me, because the departure is too sudden in the rhythmus of the artist.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden
All poetry is made by the ear, which must be the sole judge—it is a sort of musical rhythmus.
From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 by Moore, Thomas
Their movement kept time with the rhythmus of the declamation, and in this accompaniment the utmost grace and beauty were aimed at.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
