The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the Poets |
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Page iv
... syntax may be useful . And I may here remark , not every one who engages in the study of these attains enough to be much benefited by it . But Prosody is a higher branch , and may not be studied so generally as those last mentioned ...
... syntax may be useful . And I may here remark , not every one who engages in the study of these attains enough to be much benefited by it . But Prosody is a higher branch , and may not be studied so generally as those last mentioned ...
Page v
... syntax , and rhet- oric is a distinct branch , which has some connection with grammar , but is not included in it . I have made these digressive remarks that these things may be distinctly understood , without which none of those ...
... syntax , and rhet- oric is a distinct branch , which has some connection with grammar , but is not included in it . I have made these digressive remarks that these things may be distinctly understood , without which none of those ...
Page vi
... syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next and com- pletes the system . Having thus gone through , we may then review the system in all its parts , and be able to trace a series of minor parts and branches , which compose the system , in ...
... syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next and com- pletes the system . Having thus gone through , we may then review the system in all its parts , and be able to trace a series of minor parts and branches , which compose the system , in ...
Page v
... nations of modern Europe . Those car- dinal principles are essentially the same in all languages , antient and modern ; but the rules and technical terms , adopted by the mology and syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next 1 CHAPTER.
... nations of modern Europe . Those car- dinal principles are essentially the same in all languages , antient and modern ; but the rules and technical terms , adopted by the mology and syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next 1 CHAPTER.
Page vi
... syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next and com- pletes the system . Having thus gone through , we may then review the system in all its parts , and be able to trace a series of minor parts and branches , which compose the system , in ...
... syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next and com- pletes the system . Having thus gone through , we may then review the system in all its parts , and be able to trace a series of minor parts and branches , which compose the system , in ...
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