The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the Poets |
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Page iii
... manner of the Greeks and Romans . But such are the facts , our language has been a written language from the days of antiquity , and has come down through the dark and barbarous ages to the time of the Reformation , and with but little ...
... manner of the Greeks and Romans . But such are the facts , our language has been a written language from the days of antiquity , and has come down through the dark and barbarous ages to the time of the Reformation , and with but little ...
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... manner of the Greeks , long and short quantity ; but with equal propriety , in Eng- lish verse , they may be called , great and small quantity . These , when thus arranged , form a contrast to each other ; and these are constituted ...
... manner of the Greeks , long and short quantity ; but with equal propriety , in Eng- lish verse , they may be called , great and small quantity . These , when thus arranged , form a contrast to each other ; and these are constituted ...
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... manner of the Greeks , long and short quantity ; but with equal propriety , in Eng- lish verse , they may be called , great and small quantity . These , when thus arranged , form a contrast to each other ; and these are constituted ...
... manner of the Greeks , long and short quantity ; but with equal propriety , in Eng- lish verse , they may be called , great and small quantity . These , when thus arranged , form a contrast to each other ; and these are constituted ...
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... manner in which it is used , may require : being sometimes longer , and sometimes shorter , than that of a period . The pause , pertaining to a parenthesis , is equal to that of a comma . These may serve for general rules for the ...
... manner in which it is used , may require : being sometimes longer , and sometimes shorter , than that of a period . The pause , pertaining to a parenthesis , is equal to that of a comma . These may serve for general rules for the ...
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... manner , debate , volcano , supersēde . Feet are the component parts of verse ; and by arrang- ing them in regular succession , due arrangement of sound is made , which constitutes their harmony , and forms a verse , or line of poetry ...
... manner , debate , volcano , supersēde . Feet are the component parts of verse ; and by arrang- ing them in regular succession , due arrangement of sound is made , which constitutes their harmony , and forms a verse , or line of poetry ...
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