Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verseWhittaker & Company, 1847 - 123 Seiten |
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... fall very easily into Greek . En- couraged by success in such attempts , the composer will come to the final encounter with Shakspeare in better heart , and with more skill at his weapons . ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . THIS ...
... fall very easily into Greek . En- couraged by success in such attempts , the composer will come to the final encounter with Shakspeare in better heart , and with more skill at his weapons . ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . THIS ...
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... falls upon a short initial vowel without eliding it , is quite foreign to iambic practice . Take the second : où for o in ovλoμévnv is not tragic ; except that in the choral odes , which are not to be imitated in dia- logue , you may ...
... falls upon a short initial vowel without eliding it , is quite foreign to iambic practice . Take the second : où for o in ovλoμévnv is not tragic ; except that in the choral odes , which are not to be imitated in dia- logue , you may ...
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... falls . Thus , from τίμαε , τίμα ; from ἀέκων , άκων ; from γέραα , γέρα ; from τὰ ἀγαθὰ , ταγαθά ; from τὰ ἀναλώ ματα , ταναλώματα . But a contraction from syncope , or the mere removal of a syllable without blending two vowels , is ...
... falls . Thus , from τίμαε , τίμα ; from ἀέκων , άκων ; from γέραα , γέρα ; from τὰ ἀγαθὰ , ταγαθά ; from τὰ ἀναλώ ματα , ταναλώματα . But a contraction from syncope , or the mere removal of a syllable without blending two vowels , is ...
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... fall ( 2 aor . ) the more . Neither let there be a success so great 130 that it shall elate thee out of bounds , to be minded higher than is meet ; [ the other hand ; nor , if aught unhappy hath befallen thee , be slavish ( pass . ) on ...
... fall ( 2 aor . ) the more . Neither let there be a success so great 130 that it shall elate thee out of bounds , to be minded higher than is meet ; [ the other hand ; nor , if aught unhappy hath befallen thee , be slavish ( pass . ) on ...
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... fall - upon - him ( part . and art . ) . The divinity leads the bad to their punishment ( dín ) . Now mortals are hurt in - many - ways ( neut . plur . of modus ) by want - of - counsel ( åßovλía ) . Ever recollect thyself , that thou ...
... fall - upon - him ( part . and art . ) . The divinity leads the bad to their punishment ( dín ) . Now mortals are hurt in - many - ways ( neut . plur . of modus ) by want - of - counsel ( åßovλía ) . Ever recollect thyself , that thou ...
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 102 - For, by the sacred radiance of the sun ; The mysteries of Hecate, and the night ; By all the operations of the orbs, From whom we do exist, and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood. And as a stranger to my heart and me Hold thee, from this, for ever...
Seite 113 - Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle— this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed: Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
Seite 99 - Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should...
Seite 99 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Seite 106 - Helicanus, strike me, honour'd sir; Give me a gash, put me to present pain; Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me, O'erbear the shores of my mortality, And drown me with great sweetness.
Seite 115 - A whirlwind rose, that, with a violent blast, Shook all the dome : the doors around me clapt ; The iron wicket, that defends the vault, Where the long race of Ptolemies is laid, Burst open, and disclosed the mighty dead. From out each monument, in order placed, An armed ghost starts up: the boy-king last Reared his inglorious head. A peal of groans Then followed, and a lamentable voice Cried, Egypt is no more...
Seite 108 - Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips, Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes, I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience...
Seite 102 - The barbarous Scythian, Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom Be as well neighbour'd, pitied, and relieved, As thou my sometime daughter.
Seite 99 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way. Thou would'st be great; Art not without ambition; but without The illness should attend it. What thou would'st highly, That...