| John Smith - 1812 - 216 pages
...di'erence is evident ; thus, relego, relegere ; relcgo, relegare. K 7. A verse is a certain number of Jong and short syllables, disposed according to rule. It is so called, because when the number of requisite syllables is completed, we always turn buck to a new line. a. The parts into which we divide... | |
| Alexander Adam - 1818 - 248 pages
...and vu¡ : tigu, on account of; occtdit, he slew; Pomfïli, for Pompitii; amará, for omavcrij, ¿re. VERSE. A Verse is a certain number of long and short syllables, disposed according to rule. It is so tailed, because when the number of syllables requisite is completed, we always turn back to the beginning... | |
| Alexander Adam - 1820 - 250 pages
...account of; ocfiilii, he slew; Pam¡i¡U, for Pompilii ¡ amâfis, foramaverit, ¿ifVERSE. Л Vene ¡з a certain number of long and short syllables, disposed according to rule. It is so called, because «hen the number of syllables requisite is cotnpleted, we always turn back to the beginning of a new... | |
| Richard Valpy - 1821 - 276 pages
...called liquids, because they flow softly and easily after a mute in the same syllable. Me'tre, (or verse,) is a certain number of long and short - syllables disposed according to rule — lor the different kinds of metres see page 195. Molossus. See Foot. Mon'optote, a noun that has... | |
| Alexander Adam - 1827 - 216 pages
...ros : ergo, on account of; nrciili!, he slew ; Pompîlt, for Pompilii ; amaris, for amaveris, fcc. VERSE. A verse is a certain number of long and short...number of syllables requisite is completed, we always (urn back to the beginning of a new line. The parts into which we divide a verse, to see if it have... | |
| Joab Goldsmith Cooper - 1829 - 276 pages
...stetSrunt, for stetenmt. DIASTOLE lengthens a syllable usually short, as : Priamides, for Prfamides. OF VERSE. A verse is a certain number of long and short syllables, disposed according to rule.* The parts into which we divide a verse, to sec if it has its just number of syllables, are called feet.... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Fisk - 1830 - 266 pages
...consonant which may be supposed to have been doubled in pronunciation ; as, аЬухто?, as i 17* VERSE. A verse is a certain number of long and short syllables disposed according to rule. Verses are divided into parts of two, three, or four syllables, called feet, of which the following... | |
| Alexander Adam - 1831 - 316 pages
...loij'. — Y likevíise in Greek words is short ; as, Poti/dSrus, Foiydamu-s, Polj^hiimis, Dori/phorus. VERSE. A VERSE is a certain number of long and short...disposed according to rule. It is so called, because wheu (lie number of syllables requisite is completed, we always turn back to the beginning of a new... | |
| Peter Bullions - 1846 - 354 pages
...§• c. lego. decor, -6ris. Ltigfcram, fj e. ligi. 890 PROSODY. VERSIFICATION. § 162. VERSIFICATION. A verse is a certain number of long and short syllables, disposed according to rule. The parts into which a verse is divided are called Feet. OF FEET. A FOOT in metre, is composed of two... | |
| Peter Bullions - 1854 - 370 pages
...is said to be long, or short, by " authority," viz. : of the poets. § 162. VERSIFICATION. 84*7. — A verse is a certain number of long and short syllables, disposed according to rule. The parts into which averse is divided are called Feet. FEET. 848. — A FOOT, in metre, is composed... | |
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