rhythmus
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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
This defect is held by the Experimentalist to result from inattention to rhythmus: so much he thinks has been proved by Mr. Thelwall.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James
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
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
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
