English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
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... consists of an lambus , with an additional short syllable : as , Disdaining , Complaining , Consenting , Repenting . We have no poem of this measure , but it may be met with in stanzas . The Iambus , with this addition , coincides with ...
... consists of an lambus , with an additional short syllable : as , Disdaining , Complaining , Consenting , Repenting . We have no poem of this measure , but it may be met with in stanzas . The Iambus , with this addition , coincides with ...
Page 223
... consists of five lambuses ; but by the admission of other feet , as Trochees , Dactyls , Anapasts , & c . it is capable of many varieties . Indeed , most of the English common measures may be varied in the same way , as well as by the ...
... consists of five lambuses ; but by the admission of other feet , as Trochees , Dactyls , Anapasts , & c . it is capable of many varieties . Indeed , most of the English common measures may be varied in the same way , as well as by the ...
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... consists of two feet ; and is likewise so brief , that it is rarely used for any very serious purpose . On the mountain By a fountain . It sometimes contains two feet or trochees , with an addi tional long syllable : as , In the days of ...
... consists of two feet ; and is likewise so brief , that it is rarely used for any very serious purpose . On the mountain By a fountain . It sometimes contains two feet or trochees , with an addi tional long syllable : as , In the days of ...
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accent active verb adjective pronouns admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished edition ellipsis English Grammar English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive give governed grammarians happy ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king learner Lindley Murray Lord loved Lowth manner means mind Murray Murray's names nature nominative noun objective observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun respect sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise writing