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was above obferved, however, upon the ftrudlure of the fecond 

 line of Pope's EfTay on Man, there mufl be a fenfible reft or 

 filence betwixt the feventh and eighth fyllables. Accordingly, 

 this has commonly been confidered, and perhaps with propriety, 

 as the place of the paufe in this line. It is probable, however, 

 that the cadence of the verfe would not have been fo agreeable 

 and fatisfadtory, if the regular rythmical divifion had not oc- 

 curred at the fourth fyllable. 



Some additional obfervations upon rythmical meafures, and 

 upon the ftrucflure of ancient and modern verfes, (liall be re- 

 ferved to the fecond part of this Effay. 



PART II. 



IN the former part of this Eflay, I endeavoured to eftablifli 

 the general foundations of rythm, and to explain the nature 

 and the extent of thofe powers, by which we perceive the pro- 

 portional magnitudes of fmall intervals of time, when thefe are 

 made obvious to the fenfes by motion or by fucceflive founds. 

 The cafe of founds being that which is moft interefting, I di- 

 redled my attention chiefly to it. Rythm in found I diftin- 

 guifhed into three kinds, mufical, poetical and profaic ; an^ 

 made fome obfervations upon the two firfl; of thefe. I propofe, 

 in this part, to offer a few obfervations relative to the fame fub- 

 jedls, which may tend to throw fome further light upon them. 

 In thefe obfervations, I fhall have the following objecfls chiefly 

 in view : To explain that ftrudlure or arrangement of meafured 

 founds, which may be faid to give a regular and perfedl rythm ; 

 to mark the gradual deviations from that regular ftrudlure, 

 which appear in thofe produdlions of human genius which are 

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