"Unrepeated" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... impression of rhythm, though not of the form finally involved, will have appeared with the first repetition of the simplest rhythmical unit which enters into the composition. It is conceivable that the presentation of a single, unrepeated rhythmical unit, especially if well-defined and familiar, should originate a rhythmical impression; but in such a case the sensory material which supports the impression of rhythm is not contained in the objective series but only suggested by it. The familiar group of sounds initiates a rhythmic ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various
... told him on his travels there—a story too good to leave unrepeated, though he personally had no part in it—unless the laugh at the end can be called a part. During one of those terrible storms which periodically sweep the shores of Formosa, an American vessel was wrecked and her crew eaten by the aborigines. The nearest American Consul thereupon journeyed ...
— Sir Robert Hart - The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition • Juliet Bredon |
