Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verseWhittaker & Company, 1847 - 123 Seiten |
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... never shortened , for it is the a of ἆθλος contracted from ἄεθλος . The mute and liquid do but allow a naturally short syllable to remain short . It may still be lengthened ; but the proportion of cases in which the mute and liquid are ...
... never shortened , for it is the a of ἆθλος contracted from ἄεθλος . The mute and liquid do but allow a naturally short syllable to remain short . It may still be lengthened ; but the proportion of cases in which the mute and liquid are ...
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... never elided if it be the of a dative plural , or of the preposition repì , nor if it be v . Y , therefore , or of a plural dative , or of repì , cannot close a word followed by a word beginning with a vowel ; and in this respect thye ...
... never elided if it be the of a dative plural , or of the preposition repì , nor if it be v . Y , therefore , or of a plural dative , or of repì , cannot close a word followed by a word beginning with a vowel ; and in this respect thye ...
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... never country thine own dishonouring wouldst thou have extolled this land . Alas ! alas ! how well the old proverb has it , There cannot be a good son of a bad father . When thou seest one lifted up to a height , and priding himself on ...
... never country thine own dishonouring wouldst thou have extolled this land . Alas ! alas ! how well the old proverb has it , There cannot be a good son of a bad father . When thou seest one lifted up to a height , and priding himself on ...
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... never canst suffer harm . 1. 121. A word beginning th two short syllables and with a vowel , may be introduced without a trisyllabic foot by a crasis of rai , or the article , with its first syllable . 1. 135. A line may end with a ...
... never canst suffer harm . 1. 121. A word beginning th two short syllables and with a vowel , may be introduced without a trisyllabic foot by a crasis of rai , or the article , with its first syllable . 1. 135. A line may end with a ...
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... never to accept the gift of a wicked man . Now , nothing is more unhappy than an unfounded ( kevòs ) reputation . It is better to be silent than to prate idly ( μárŋv ) . It is well for those to die to whom to live brings reproach . The ...
... never to accept the gift of a wicked man . Now , nothing is more unhappy than an unfounded ( kevòs ) reputation . It is better to be silent than to prate idly ( μárŋv ) . It is well for those to die to whom to live brings reproach . The ...
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...