rhythmus

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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

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

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)

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 Hogg, James