rhythmus

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The sound of the words, the accumulation of rhymes, and the rhythmus of the verse, form, as it were, the hollow music of a dreary witch-dance.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

I rendered it from the French version, preserving the rhythmus and the measure of the original.” 

From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, John

The musical impression made by a period consisting of long and short syllables arranged in a certain order is what the Greeks called rhythmus, the Latins numerus, and we melody or measure.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

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

The Polish polkas and mazurkas, with their changing and fugitive rhythmus and their lively, uneven time, admirably184 embody the light and graceful spirit of this people.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various