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... pause , with propriety , till its conclusion , then the sign of the genitive case should be introduced at , or near , its end : as , " Whose is that palace ? it is the Duke of Norfolk's ; " not " the Duke's of Norfolk ; " " that ...
... pause , with propriety , till its conclusion , then the sign of the genitive case should be introduced at , or near , its end : as , " Whose is that palace ? it is the Duke of Norfolk's ; " not " the Duke's of Norfolk ; " " that ...
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... Pause and Tone . SECT . I. - Of Accent . Accent is , the uttering of some certain letter , or syllable in a word , with peculiar force , so as to distinguish it from the others ; as , in the words , attúne , occúr , infér , permít , the ...
... Pause and Tone . SECT . I. - Of Accent . Accent is , the uttering of some certain letter , or syllable in a word , with peculiar force , so as to distinguish it from the others ; as , in the words , attúne , occúr , infér , permít , the ...
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... pauses of emphasis ; and pauses which mark the distinctions of sense . An emphatical pause is made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and which was intended to excite peculiar attention . Some- times the pause takes ...
... pauses of emphasis ; and pauses which mark the distinctions of sense . An emphatical pause is made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and which was intended to excite peculiar attention . Some- times the pause takes ...
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... pause may be varied through four different syllables in the line . It may fall after the fourth , fifth , sixth , or seventh syllable ; and according as the pause is placed after т 3 PROSODY . 209 Verses of eight syllables; as, ...
... pause may be varied through four different syllables in the line . It may fall after the fourth , fifth , sixth , or seventh syllable ; and according as the pause is placed after т 3 PROSODY . 209 Verses of eight syllables; as, ...
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... pause is placed after one or other of those syllables , the melody of the verse is much changed , and its air and cadence are greatly diversified . When the casural pause occurs in its situation nearest to the beginning of the line ...
... pause is placed after one or other of those syllables , the melody of the verse is much changed , and its air and cadence are greatly diversified . When the casural pause occurs in its situation nearest to the beginning of the line ...
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accent action active added adjectives adverb affirmation apostrophe auxiliary verbs beautiful called CHAP character comma commonly compound conjugated conjunctive mood connected consonant convey definite article denotes derived dipthong dissyllables emphasis English language Examples expressed father figure formed frequently FUTURE TENSE genitive govern grammar hath idea imperative Imperative Mood IMPERFECT TENSE implies improper indicative mood infinitive mood intransitive Intransitive verbs joined king last syllable Latin letter likewise manner mark mayst or canst means moved mute nature neuter nominative nouns object participle passive pause PERFECT personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding prefixed preposition PRESENT TENSE proper RULE Saxon Saxon verb SECOND FUTURE SECT sense sentence shalt or wilt short shouldst signifies singular number sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood substantive superlative tence thing Thou shalt tion tive tone tongue Trisyllables tropes verse voice vowel wise wouldst writing
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Page 180 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 186 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 187 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 188 - At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the 'first opening bud, and gave ye names ; Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount?
Page 209 - O'erflow thy courts: the Light himself shall shine Revealed, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ! But fixed his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns ! ALEXANDER POPE.
Page 210 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Page 179 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist: in the one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Page 188 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 187 - Earth felt the wound, and nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 190 - I seem to myself to behold this city, the ornament of the earth, and the capital of all nations, suddenly involved in one conflagration. I see before me the slaughtered heaps of citizens, lying unburied in the midst of their ruined country. The furious countenance of Cethegus rises to my view, while with a savage joy, he is triumphing in your miseries.