rhythmus
Example Sentences
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It is remarkable that he, beyond all other rhetoricians of that era, cultivated the rhythmus of his periods.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by James Hogg
She could give to French prose an Italian rhythmus.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by O. E. (Osgood Eaton) Fuller
Hence arose short sentences; hence, the impossibility of the long, voluminous sweeps of beautiful rhythmus which we find in Cicero; hence, the animated form of apostrophe and crowded interrogations addressed to the audience.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by James Hogg
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 John Black
I wrote in the greatest hurry and fury, and sent it to you the day after; so, doubtless, there will be some awful constructions, and a rather lawless conscription of rhythmus.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
