Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 102
... probably compensatory . Inversions in this foot tend to be of an indefinite nature ( involving ambiguous words such as into ) , and it is clear that Milton did not rejoice in them . The frequency of first foot inversion tends to ...
... probably compensatory . Inversions in this foot tend to be of an indefinite nature ( involving ambiguous words such as into ) , and it is clear that Milton did not rejoice in them . The frequency of first foot inversion tends to ...
Page 117
... probably when they ended with imperfect sense at ends of clauses and periods , but not necessarily when they ended in the midst of clauses or phrases ; on all occasions he observed cadence . Since such a judgment will not meet with ...
... probably when they ended with imperfect sense at ends of clauses and periods , but not necessarily when they ended in the midst of clauses or phrases ; on all occasions he observed cadence . Since such a judgment will not meet with ...
Page 146
... probably as This is an early accentuation which was still extant in the seventeenth century . Prostrate usually , once ( P.L. , VI , 841 ) as ~ — . gression of stress . ? Pro- Quintessence - occurs twice ( P.L. , III , 716 ; VII , 244 ) ...
... probably as This is an early accentuation which was still extant in the seventeenth century . Prostrate usually , once ( P.L. , VI , 841 ) as ~ — . gression of stress . ? Pro- Quintessence - occurs twice ( P.L. , III , 716 ; VII , 244 ) ...
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