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... IV . PROSODY . PROSODY , Definition of . ......................... Versification Iambic Verse ......... 169 PROSODY , Trochaic Anapastic . Dactylic Mixed ........................................ 177 Verses CONTENTS . XI.
... IV . PROSODY . PROSODY , Definition of . ......................... Versification Iambic Verse ......... 169 PROSODY , Trochaic Anapastic . Dactylic Mixed ........................................ 177 Verses CONTENTS . XI.
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A New Ed., Rev., Re-arranged and Improved Peter Bullions. PROSODY , Trochaic Anapastic . Dactylic Mixed ........................................ 177 Verses ...................................... 179 COMPOSITION , Art of ..........
A New Ed., Rev., Re-arranged and Improved Peter Bullions. PROSODY , Trochaic Anapastic . Dactylic Mixed ........................................ 177 Verses ...................................... 179 COMPOSITION , Art of ..........
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... Trochaic , & c . I. IAMBIC VERSE . 587. An Iambic verse consists of iambuses , and consequently has the accent on the second , fourth , sixth , & c . syllable . It has different metres , as follows : 1. Iambic Monometer . The shortest ...
... Trochaic , & c . I. IAMBIC VERSE . 587. An Iambic verse consists of iambuses , and consequently has the accent on the second , fourth , sixth , & c . syllable . It has different metres , as follows : 1. Iambic Monometer . The shortest ...
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... TROCHAIC VERSE . 588. Trochaic verse consists of trochees , and con- sequently has the accent on the first , third , fifth , & c . syllable . 1. Trochaic Monometer . The shortest form consists of one foot ; as , Cheering , Veering . It ...
... TROCHAIC VERSE . 588. Trochaic verse consists of trochees , and con- sequently has the accent on the first , third , fifth , & c . syllable . 1. Trochaic Monometer . The shortest form consists of one foot ; as , Cheering , Veering . It ...
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... Trochaic Tetrameter . of four trochees ; as , The fourth form consists Round us | roars the | tempest | lõudĕr . This form sometimes assumes an additional syllable ; as Where the wood is | waving | green ănd | high . 1 5. Trochaic ...
... Trochaic Tetrameter . of four trochees ; as , The fourth form consists Round us | roars the | tempest | lõudĕr . This form sometimes assumes an additional syllable ; as Where the wood is | waving | green ănd | high . 1 5. Trochaic ...
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accented action active voice adjective pronoun adverbs affirms Anapastic antecedent auxiliary belong better Cæsar called clause comma comparative composition compound conjunction connected consists Dactylic DEFECTIVE VERBS denote discourse English example EXERCISES express gender give governed grammar grammarians hast hypermeter Iambic IMPERATIVE MOOD impersonal verbs implied indefinite indicative INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood interrogative intransitive James king language Lord loved masculine means moods and tenses neuter never nominative noun or pronoun object OBSERVATIONS omitted parsed passive voice Past participle past tense person or thing personal pronoun phrases plural poetry possessive potential mood preceding predicate preposition present tense present-perfect principles proper qualifies reference RULE sense sentence shews simple singular sometimes speech subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable Syntax thee thou tion tive transitive verb Trochaic trochees usage verse virtue words write
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Page 174 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 180 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 81 - God : and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Page 136 - Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
Page 84 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 174 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 142 - The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Page 143 - Gideon, every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Page 140 - The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Page 4 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel : as, wit, witty ; thin, thinnish ; to abet, an abettor ; to begin, a beginner.