The Latin Primer: In Three Parts : Part I. Rules of Construction ... : Part II. Rules of Position ... : Part III. A Large and Plain Description of the Latin Verse ... |
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... Iambic , Trochaic , and Anapæstic verses , " but all the peculiarities of Terence and Horace's metres ; and is much more comprehensive and exact , " than any grammatical work written on the same " scale . " 66 A Letter from HENRY KIRKE ...
... Iambic , Trochaic , and Anapæstic verses , " but all the peculiarities of Terence and Horace's metres ; and is much more comprehensive and exact , " than any grammatical work written on the same " scale . " 66 A Letter from HENRY KIRKE ...
Page 166
... Iambic cadence the long and full sound of the last syllable in a manner absorbs and swallows up that of the syllable preceding , which being passed very lightly over , dies upon the ear : the last syllable then becomes so closely ...
... Iambic cadence the long and full sound of the last syllable in a manner absorbs and swallows up that of the syllable preceding , which being passed very lightly over , dies upon the ear : the last syllable then becomes so closely ...
Page 174
... - cause such a juncture forms the cadence of an Iambic Pure . But he says , lengthen the last syllable of the Choree , and you give it great weight ; fit plenum aucto ritatis . 22. An Anapest and Iambus -Ü- 23. An Iambus and 174 CADENCE .
... - cause such a juncture forms the cadence of an Iambic Pure . But he says , lengthen the last syllable of the Choree , and you give it great weight ; fit plenum aucto ritatis . 22. An Anapest and Iambus -Ü- 23. An Iambus and 174 CADENCE .
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... Iambic and Trochaic metres of Terence . In this I have much availed myself of the useful labours of Mons . Lancelot , author of the Port Royal Gram- mars ; to whose researches , however , mine have not been confined , as what is here ...
... Iambic and Trochaic metres of Terence . In this I have much availed myself of the useful labours of Mons . Lancelot , author of the Port Royal Gram- mars ; to whose researches , however , mine have not been confined , as what is here ...
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... IAMBIC VERSE . IAMBIC Verse is so called , from the foot Iambus in it . Of this kind there are two species , one distin- guished by the quality , the other by the quantity of the feet . 1. Iambics distinguished by the Quality of the ...
... IAMBIC VERSE . IAMBIC Verse is so called , from the foot Iambus in it . Of this kind there are two species , one distin- guished by the quality , the other by the quantity of the feet . 1. Iambics distinguished by the Quality of the ...
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66 RULE Acat adjective or participle adjuncts adverb ætas Alcaic Alcmanic amor Anapest animo antecedent Archil Archilochian atque bona cadence Cæsar Cæsura Catalectic Choriambic Cicero construed Cretic cunque Dactyl Deus Dicolon Distrophon Dimeter ellipsis enim Epod etiam EXAMPLES exemplifying words feet genitive Glyconic habet hæc Hexameter Horace Iamb Iambic Iambus ille illud infinitive noun Ionics Italics Latin learner licet malè metre mihi mood neque nihil nominative notus nulla nunc omnes omnia omnium Pæon placed Plaut preposition primary clause principal verb Prosp quæ quàm QUESTIONS quibus Quid quidem Quinctilian quis quod quoque rebus Rule 9 sæpe says semper sentence shews sibi sort Spondee sunt syllable synalepha tamen Tetram Tetrameter tibi Tricolon Trim Trimeters Trochaic Trochee usque verb verse Virg viri vitæ word governed word or words word which governs
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Page 109 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Page 69 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 45 - Quaerit, et inventis miser abstinet, ac timet uti ; Vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti Se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
Page 140 - Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra ? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet...
Page 99 - Nunc ego (namque super tibi erunt qui dicere laudes, Vare, tuas cupiant et tristia condere bella) agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam.
Page xx - Unconquer'd powers, th' immortal mind display'd, But worn with anxious thought the frame decay'd Pale o'er his lamp and in his cell retired, The Martyr Student faded and expired.
Page 120 - Hunc si mobilium turba Quiritium Certat tergeminis tollere honoribus ; Illum si proprio condidit horreo Quidquid de Libycis verritur areis.
Page 110 - La volupté mesme et le bon heur ne [se perçoivent] point sans vigueur et [sans esprit) : haec perinde sunt, ut illius animus qui ea possidet, Qui uti scit, ei bona; illi qui non utitur recte, mala».
Page 255 - Et labris captce, simulantis iram, Oscula figi. Jam licet vino madidos vetusto De die laetum recitare carmen : Flore, si te des hilarem, licebit Sumere noctem. Jam vide curas aquilone sparsas, :$ Mens viri fortis sibi constat, utrum Serius lethi citiusve tristis Advolat hora.
Page 68 - ... rusticus expectat, dum defluat amnis: at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.