The Original Rhythmical Grammar of the English LanguageGeorg Olms Verlag, 1976 - 348 páginas |
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... proportion ; it is notorious , that various speakers , whose elocution , as to the quantity of syllables , either in ... proportions of long and short , each to each , among one another : though , if we were to compare the quantity of ...
... proportion ; it is notorious , that various speakers , whose elocution , as to the quantity of syllables , either in ... proportions of long and short , each to each , among one another : though , if we were to compare the quantity of ...
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... proportion of quantities as two and one , for the long and the short ; and yet those com- mentators , who hint at a greater latitude , have men- tioned no rule of proportion except the two and one : neither have they left us any ...
... proportion of quantities as two and one , for the long and the short ; and yet those com- mentators , who hint at a greater latitude , have men- tioned no rule of proportion except the two and one : neither have they left us any ...
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... proportion of monosyllables , their versification would have been much worse . In English , the proportion of monosyllables to polysyllables is more than as 5 to 2 ; -in French , something more than as 3 to 2. But in Italian , which ...
... proportion of monosyllables , their versification would have been much worse . In English , the proportion of monosyllables to polysyllables is more than as 5 to 2 ; -in French , something more than as 3 to 2. But in Italian , which ...
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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