...In the age of THEOCRITUS, this fpecies of the Doric (much fofter and fmoother than the old dialeft of the Dorians] was current in many parts of Greece — another adventitious circumftance much in favor of our Poet. Hence his verification derives a melody, which no one of the...

...nuis, Hfrniues, Dirges, Elegies, and I'tmhics. ticity often characterize the personages who use jt. In the age of Theocritus, this species of the Doric...while the frequent recurrence of the dactyl gives jt an ease and lightness more peculiarly graceful in the pastoral Id \ Ilia. With respect to the general...

...sweetness which melts upon the ear, at the same time that its wildness and rusticity often characterize the personages who use it. In the age of Theocritus,...derives a melody, which no one of the ancients hath equaled; while the frequent recurrence of the dactyl gives it an ease and lightness more peculiarly...

...xiii.) : From the new Doric, which was much softer and smoother than the old dialect of the Dorians, his versification derives a melody, which no one of the ancients hath equalled. WILLIAM HOWITT. The Rural Life of England. (2nd Ed.). 1840. Chapter I. of Part IV., particularly pp....