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... measure " attained by the author of the work before us , which " is divided into three parts . " The first contains twenty - two " ( now twenty - four ) " general rules of Construction ; all of which are illus- " trated by examples from ...
... measure " attained by the author of the work before us , which " is divided into three parts . " The first contains twenty - two " ( now twenty - four ) " general rules of Construction ; all of which are illus- " trated by examples from ...
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... measures . RULE 20 . In general , there must be no redundancy of short measures . RULE 21 . The last syllables of the foregoing word must not be the same as the first syllables of the word following . RULE 22 . Many words , which bear ...
... measures . RULE 20 . In general , there must be no redundancy of short measures . RULE 21 . The last syllables of the foregoing word must not be the same as the first syllables of the word following . RULE 22 . Many words , which bear ...
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... measure must never be admitted ; what is the proper cadence of an Heroic verse may well begin , but must never conclude a sentence in prose , the solemn harmony of prose requiring cadences of another sort ; and by rules may be learned ...
... measure must never be admitted ; what is the proper cadence of an Heroic verse may well begin , but must never conclude a sentence in prose , the solemn harmony of prose requiring cadences of another sort ; and by rules may be learned ...
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... measure of the verse , the natural im- portance of this nominative dies here , that fatal day , is happily accorded to by its being there placed , where it must needs make the last and most sensible impression on the reflecting mind ...
... measure of the verse , the natural im- portance of this nominative dies here , that fatal day , is happily accorded to by its being there placed , where it must needs make the last and most sensible impression on the reflecting mind ...
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... apartments , the recesses of the mind . Longinus , sect . 41 , says , that short and precipitate measures do more than any thing debase the sublime ; that their cadence is for ever the same , and 162 RULE 15 . POSITION .
... apartments , the recesses of the mind . Longinus , sect . 41 , says , that short and precipitate measures do more than any thing debase the sublime ; that their cadence is for ever the same , and 162 RULE 15 . POSITION .
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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.