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... Poets Asa Humphrey. CONTENTS . SECT . 1.- Preliminary Remarks CHAPTER I. SECT . 2. - Definitions .... Of Sounds ... Of Orthoepy , Accent , Cadence , Emphasis , and Tones Of Time and Quantity . SECT . 3. - Of Pauses ....... The Poetic ...
... Poets Asa Humphrey. CONTENTS . SECT . 1.- Preliminary Remarks CHAPTER I. SECT . 2. - Definitions .... Of Sounds ... Of Orthoepy , Accent , Cadence , Emphasis , and Tones Of Time and Quantity . SECT . 3. - Of Pauses ....... The Poetic ...
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... Poets Asa Humphrey. SECT . 5. - Diversifications , & c . in Trochaic Verse · · By Dactyles .. By Pyrrhics and ... Poetic Pauses . Remarks Other Metres . · Other Kinds of Verse . Proper Adjustments · Lyrics , & c . Remarks Propriety ...
... Poets Asa Humphrey. SECT . 5. - Diversifications , & c . in Trochaic Verse · · By Dactyles .. By Pyrrhics and ... Poetic Pauses . Remarks Other Metres . · Other Kinds of Verse . Proper Adjustments · Lyrics , & c . Remarks Propriety ...
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... Poets Asa Humphrey. Page . By Dactyles ... - SECT . 5. - Diversifications , & c . in Trochaic Verse ... By Pyrrhics ... Poetic Pauses . Remarks Other Metres- . Other Kinds of Verse . · Proper Adjustments Lyrics , & c . Remarks Propriety ...
... Poets Asa Humphrey. Page . By Dactyles ... - SECT . 5. - Diversifications , & c . in Trochaic Verse ... By Pyrrhics ... Poetic Pauses . Remarks Other Metres- . Other Kinds of Verse . · Proper Adjustments Lyrics , & c . Remarks Propriety ...
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... Poets Asa Humphrey. THE ENGLISH PROSODY . CHAPTER I. SECTION I. Preliminary Remarks . ― PROSODY is the fourth and ... poet- ical composition . The Greeks were the first people who made any great advances in science , and who formed ...
... Poets Asa Humphrey. THE ENGLISH PROSODY . CHAPTER I. SECTION I. Preliminary Remarks . ― PROSODY is the fourth and ... poet- ical composition . The Greeks were the first people who made any great advances in science , and who formed ...
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... Poets Asa Humphrey. Greeks , are not alike applicable to all languages . They were very properly applicable to the Greek language , and also to the Roman ; but on account of the different idioms and modes of speech , they are not so ...
... Poets Asa Humphrey. Greeks , are not alike applicable to all languages . They were very properly applicable to the Greek language , and also to the Roman ; but on account of the different idioms and modes of speech , they are not so ...
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