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Page 363
... Syllables , with respect to the time taken in pronouncing , are distin- guished into long and fhort ; two short syl- lables , with respect to time , being precisely equal to one long . These two lengths are effential to verfe of all ...
... Syllables , with respect to the time taken in pronouncing , are distin- guished into long and fhort ; two short syl- lables , with respect to time , being precisely equal to one long . These two lengths are effential to verfe of all ...
Page 384
... Syllables variable in quantity can- not poffefs this power . Custom may ren- der familiar , both a long and short ... syllable of this kind as with one which bears always the fame found . What I have further to say upon quantity , will ...
... Syllables variable in quantity can- not poffefs this power . Custom may ren- der familiar , both a long and short ... syllable of this kind as with one which bears always the fame found . What I have further to say upon quantity , will ...
Page 463
Lord Henry Home Kames. 29. A word of five syllables composed of a Pyrrhichius and Dactylus . Ex . mi- nifterial . 30. A word of five fyllables compofed of a Trochæus and Dactylus . Ex . fin- gularity . Ex . 31. A word of five fyllables ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. 29. A word of five syllables composed of a Pyrrhichius and Dactylus . Ex . mi- nifterial . 30. A word of five fyllables compofed of a Trochæus and Dactylus . Ex . fin- gularity . Ex . 31. A word of five fyllables ...
Contents
PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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