Classical dramatic verse in German and English literature: unrhymed acatalectic or hypercatalectic iambic pentameter without a fixed caesura

The contest  in which is exhibited a preface in favour of blank verse; with an experiment of it, in an ode, upon the British country life, by Roger Comberbach, Esq; An epistle from Dr. Byram to Mr. Comberbach, in defence of rhyme; and An Eclogue by Mr. Comberbach, In Reply to Dr. Byrom.

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The contest in which is exhibited a preface in favour of blank verse; with an experiment of it, in an ode, upon the British country life, by Roger Comberbach, Esq; An epistle from Dr. Byram to Mr. Comberbach, in defence of rhyme; and An Eclogue by Mr. Comberbach, In Reply to Dr. Byrom.