Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verseWhittaker & Company, 1847 - 123 Seiten |
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... 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 little Work is ADVERTISEMENT.
... 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 little Work is ADVERTISEMENT.
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Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson. ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . THIS little Work is now for the third time presented to the ' Public , with anxious endeavours to make it better merit ' the kind reception with which it has been ...
Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson. ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . THIS little Work is now for the third time presented to the ' Public , with anxious endeavours to make it better merit ' the kind reception with which it has been ...
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... similar resolution of the first syllable of the spondee introduced the anapæst . But the dactyl and anapæst were excluded from the fifth place , and the anapest from the third .. 5. Lastly , as the last syllable of a verse ON THE ...
... similar resolution of the first syllable of the spondee introduced the anapæst . But the dactyl and anapæst were excluded from the fifth place , and the anapest from the third .. 5. Lastly , as the last syllable of a verse ON THE ...
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... third , an iambus , a spondee , a tribrach , or a dactyl . The second , an iambus , or a tribrach . The first , an iambus , spondee , tribrach , dactyl , or anapæst . 6. The last syllable of a line that ends in a short vowel is ...
... third , an iambus , a spondee , a tribrach , or a dactyl . The second , an iambus , or a tribrach . The first , an iambus , spondee , tribrach , dactyl , or anapæst . 6. The last syllable of a line that ends in a short vowel is ...
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... third or the fourth foot should be the last syllable of a word ; so that the verse shall be divided into two parts , one containing two and a half feet , the other three and a half . The former cæsura , that in the middle of the third ...
... third or the fourth foot should be the last syllable of a word ; so that the verse shall be divided into two parts , one containing two and a half feet , the other three and a half . The former cæsura , that in the middle of the third ...
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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...
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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...