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Besides, one word so, as it were, begetting another, as, be it in rhyme or measured verse, by the former a man shall have a near guess to the follower.

From A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Sidney, Philip, Sir

Besides, one word so as it were begetting another, as be it in rime or measured verse, by the former a man shall have a near guess to the follower....

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Besides, one word so as it were begetting another, as be it in rhyme or measured verse, by the former a man shall have a near guess to the follower.

From English literary criticism by Various