rhythmus
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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 Hogg, James
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
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
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
I rendered it from the French version, preserving the rhythmus and the measure of the original.”
From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, John
