OWING to circumstances, which need not be detailed, the first Volume was printed off, two years before the greater part of the second Volume went to the press, and indeed before it was written. This may account for a seeming inaccuracy as regards dates; and will make it necessary for the reader, when he meets with the phrases, "a short time since," "two or three years ago," &c. to allow for the time, which has elapsed since they were written. Perhaps too it may serve, in some measure, as an apology for the additional notes at the end of each volume. Two years could hardly pass away, without the author seeing reason to modify much that he had advanced, upon a subject so novel and so extensive as the present one.
CHAP. I. Rhythm defined, 1. Verse measured either by time or
accent, 2. General arrangement of the subject, ib.
CHAP. II. The voice, 4. The vocal letters, 6. The whisper-
letters, 9. Imitative sounds, 12.
CHAP. III. A syllable defined, 22. The French e final, 24. The
English e final, 26. The e of inflexion, 29. Initial syllables
omitted, 35. The initial be, 36. The initial dis, 38. Vowel
combinations, 39. The vowel before nasals and liquids, 47.
The vowel before some one of the close letters, b, p, d, t, g, k,
63. The vowel before dentals, 66. The vowel before sibi-
lants, 67. Coalition of words, 69.
CHAP. IV. Accent defined, 76. Primary and secondary accent,
78. Accent after a pause, 79. Verbal accent, how affected
by construction, 81. Accent slurred over in construction,
ib. Emphasis, 82. Accents of construction, 83. Verbal
accent, foreign, 90. Verbal accent, English, 99.
CHAP. V. Quantity defined, 105. Length of English vowels, how
indicated by their orthography, 106. Quantity, as an index
of English rhythm, 111. Quantity, as an embellishment of
rhythm, 114.
CHAP. VI. Rhime defined, 116. Rhime, perfect, alliterative, vowel,
consonantal, late alliterative, and common, 117. Rhime,
double and triple, 118. Final rhime, 119. Middle rhime,
124. Sectional rhime, 125. Inverse rhime, 136. Alliter-
ation, 140. Unaccented rhime, 144. Doubly accented
rhime, 146.
CHAP. VII. The pauses, 148. The final pause, 149. The middle
pause, 152. The sectional pause, 154. The stops final,
middle, and sectional, 157.
CHAP. II. Verses consisting of a single section, 185. Verse of
two accents, 186. Verse of three accents, 188.
CHAP. III. Verse of four accents, 190. Verses beginning with
section 1, 194-with section, 1 7, 196—with section 2, 198
-with section 27, 200-with section 5, 203—with section
57, 207-with section 6, 208-with section 6 l, 210.
CHAP. IV. Verse of five accents, two in the first section, 214.
Verses beginning with section 1, 216-with section 2, 221.
with section 5, 225-with section 6, 231-with section 9,
233.
CHAP. V. Verse of five accents, three in the first section, 234.
Character of these rhythms, 235. Verses beginning with
section 1, 238-with section 2, 243-with section 3, 246-
with section 4, 248-with section 5, 249-with section 6,
252-with section 7, 253.
CHAP. VI. The verse of six accents, 255. Verses beginning with
section 1, 258—with section 2, 260—with section 3, 263—
with section 5, ib.—with section 6, 267 —with section 7, ib.
-with section 8, 268-with section 9, 269.
CHAP. VII. Verses containing a compound section, 270. Verses
of six accents, with compound section, 271. Verses of seven
accents, beginning with the compound section, 277. Verses
of seven accents ending with the compound section, 279.
Verses of eight accents, with compound section, 283. Verses
of nine or more accents, with compound section, 286.
CHAP. VIII. The sectional pause, its origin, 287. How indicated,
290. Verses containing the section 1. p, of two accents, 291
-the section 1 ll. p, of two accents, 293—the section 5p,
of two accents, 295-the section 5 l. p, of two accents-the
section 5 71. p, of two accents, 299-the section 1 p, of three
accents-the section 1 7. p, of three accents-the section 3.
p, of three accents-the section 5 p, of three accents-the
section 7 p, of three accents-the section 7 7. p, of three
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