rhythmus

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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

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

From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, 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

She could give to French prose an Italian rhythmus.

From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)