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It will
therefore be desirable from time to time that in
certain passages the rhythm should be deliberately
dissolved: this is a task of no small difficulty, if the
appearance of effort is to be avoided. In so doing
we must not come to the assistance of the rhythm
by introducing bhyperhata1 of extravagant length, for
fear that we should betray the purpose of our action:
and we should certainly never in our search for
smoothness abandon for another any word that is
apt and appropriate to our theme.
1 Transpositions. See VII. vi. 62.
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