The Original Rhythmical Grammar of the English LanguageGeorg Olms Verlag, 1976 - 348 páginas |
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... considered in its specific nature , and carried to its utmost extent , it lays down this maxim , " That ancestry gives a right to dishonour and degrade itself . ” After all , what is high birth ? Does it be- stow a nature different from ...
... considered in its specific nature , and carried to its utmost extent , it lays down this maxim , " That ancestry gives a right to dishonour and degrade itself . ” After all , what is high birth ? Does it be- stow a nature different from ...
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... considered the matter , incredible , it is an incontrovertible fact , that although to establish this mode of measuring verse by Greek and Latin prosody , seems to have called forth all the energies of all the commentators , grammarians ...
... considered the matter , incredible , it is an incontrovertible fact , that although to establish this mode of measuring verse by Greek and Latin prosody , seems to have called forth all the energies of all the commentators , grammarians ...
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... considered . — That's villainous , and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it . Ibid . 32 . Brutus's Oration on the Death of Caesar . ROMANS , Countrymen , and friends ! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may ...
... considered . — That's villainous , and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it . Ibid . 32 . Brutus's Oration on the Death of Caesar . ROMANS , Countrymen , and friends ! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may ...
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accidents of language acute accent acute and grave Anapest ancient applied Arsis and Thesis Artificial Feet artificial prosody beauty called circumflex composed dactyl degrees Demosthenes diphthong distinct elocution English English language equal Examples expression eyes force grace Grammar grammarians grave accent Greek and Latin Greek language guage heart heaven heavy and light heavy syllable honour iambus inflexions light syllables loud and soft marked meter monosyllables monotone nature nerally never nosyllables notes o'er organic emphasis organs of speech passion peculiar pleasure poet poetry poize pronounced pronunciation proper proportion prose prosodians quantity reader reading and speaking rhetorical pauses rhythm Rhythmical Cadences rules scanning semibrief sense sentence Shakespeare sing Slow song soul sound speaker spoken language spondee sweet syllabic emphasis taste thee thou tion tone triple cadences trochee varieties verse virtue voice vowel words