Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 55
... fall'n I give not Heav'n for lost . Of Longitude , where the great Luminarie Alooff the vulgar Constellations thick ; Bristl'd with upright beams innumerable Of rigid Spears , and Helmets throng'd , and Shields ; Both Ransom and ...
... fall'n I give not Heav'n for lost . Of Longitude , where the great Luminarie Alooff the vulgar Constellations thick ; Bristl'd with upright beams innumerable Of rigid Spears , and Helmets throng'd , and Shields ; Both Ransom and ...
Page 100
... fall off Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where Breaking the horrid silence thus began . Doubted his Empire , that were low indeed , ( P.L. , I , 30 ) peace ( P.L. , I , 65 ) ( P.L. , I , 83 ) ( P.L. , I , 114 ) ( ii ) in the second ...
... fall off Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where Breaking the horrid silence thus began . Doubted his Empire , that were low indeed , ( P.L. , I , 30 ) peace ( P.L. , I , 65 ) ( P.L. , I , 83 ) ( P.L. , I , 114 ) ( ii ) in the second ...
Page 134
... falls under this title , but it contains knowledge essential to a study of the subject . 1. Distribution of words ... fall consecutively when an iamb is suc- ceeded by a trochee ; there must be a diaeresis between the two feet . This ...
... falls under this title , but it contains knowledge essential to a study of the subject . 1. Distribution of words ... fall consecutively when an iamb is suc- ceeded by a trochee ; there must be a diaeresis between the two feet . This ...
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