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/ˈɹæpsədi/ · noun
(Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation..
Of course here Mr. Pen went off into a rhapsody through which, as we have perfect command over our own feelings, we have no reason to follow the lad. Of course, love, truth, and eternity were produced: and words were tried but found impossible to plumb the tremendous depth of his affection.
Such an act / That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; / Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose / From the fair forehead of an innocent love / And sets a blister there; makes marriage vows / As false as dicers' oaths; O, such a deed / As from the body of contraction plucks / The very soul, and sweet religion makes / A rhapsody of words!
This concerneth not those mingle-mangles of many kinds of stuffe, or as the Grecians call them Rapsodies, that for such are published[…].
He, that makes no reflexions on what he reads, only loads his mind with a rhapsody of tales fit for the entertainment of others.
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Rhapsody means (Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation..
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Of course here Mr. Pen went off into a rhapsody through which, as we have perfect command over our own feelings, we have no reason to follow the lad. Of course, love, truth, and eternity were produced: and words were tried but found impossible to plumb the tremendous depth of his affection.
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