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Page 283
... period to strait tying , which in a race obftructs the freedom of motion . It follows from the fame premiffes , that to multiply copulatives in the fame period . ought to be avoided . For if the laying afide copulatives give force and ...
... period to strait tying , which in a race obftructs the freedom of motion . It follows from the fame premiffes , that to multiply copulatives in the fame period . ought to be avoided . For if the laying afide copulatives give force and ...
Page 315
... period as well as a work is commenced . In the progress , the mind warms , and has a greater relish for matters of importance . When a circum- stance is placed at the beginning or near the beginning of the period , the tranfition from ...
... period as well as a work is commenced . In the progress , the mind warms , and has a greater relish for matters of importance . When a circum- stance is placed at the beginning or near the beginning of the period , the tranfition from ...
Page 362
... period ; and fo little is it effential to verfe , that in correct reading the final fyllable of every line is accent- ed , that fyllable only excepted which closes the period , where the fenfe requires a cadence . The reader may be ...
... period ; and fo little is it effential to verfe , that in correct reading the final fyllable of every line is accent- ed , that fyllable only excepted which closes the period , where the fenfe requires a cadence . The reader may be ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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