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Page 49 - NEC fonte labra prolui caballino, Nee in bicipiti somniasse Parnasso Memini, ut repente sic poeta prodirem : Heliconidasque pallidamque Pirenen Illis remitto, quorum imagines lambunt Hederse sequaces : ipse semipaganus Ad sacra vatum carmen affero nostrum.
Page 44 - Verses, and Pœonic, no place is assigned to the Pause ; because, since the Metres (if rightly constructed) end with a word, the effect of a Pause will be produced at the end of each Metre. The same may be observed of Ionic a minore.
Page 25 - Plance, mero, seu te fulgentia signis Castra tenent seu densa tenebit Tiburis umbra tui.
Page 28 - O cate rerum sator, O principium deorum, Stridula cui limina, cui cardinei tumultus, Cui reserata mugiunt aurea claustra mundi, Tibi vetus ara caluit Aborigineo sacello.
Page 20 - Nee victa libídine colla Foedis submittat habenis. Etenim licet Indica longe Tellus tua jura tremiscat, Et serviat ultima Thule : Tarnen atrás pellere curas, Miserasque fugare querelas Non po.ssí-, potentia non est.
Page 1 - ... the parts of time employed in the pronunciation of different feet ; the least division of which is, that which is employed in the pronunciation of a short Syllable. This is Quinctilian's sense. The Term is sometimes used in a more comprehensive sense, and is synonymous with Harmony. Metre respects both the time and order of the Syllables. The Rhythm of a Dactyl and Anapaest is the same ; the Metre different. The distinction is similar to that of Combinations and Permutations in Arithmetic. ь...
Page 17 - Acatalectic ; and the last, Dimeter Catalectic ; with an Anapaest in the second Metre. In a System, this peculiar property is to be observed : That the last Syllable of each verse is not common (as in other species), but has...
Page 35 - ... be found in the same verse with an Ionic foot, the verse is then termed Epionic.
Page 16 - Anapaestic Verses are sometimes intermixed with other species, but are oftener in a detached System by themselves. A System is chiefly composed of Dimeters ; and is most correct under the following circumstances : 1.