The Quarterly Review, Volume 215John Murray, 1911 |
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Page 71
... feet , metres , and so forth - is treated in a second series of summaries , forming appendices to the three volumes of the work . He We have to confess that throughout his volumes Prof. Saintsbury treats , to our minds , least ...
... feet , metres , and so forth - is treated in a second series of summaries , forming appendices to the three volumes of the work . He We have to confess that throughout his volumes Prof. Saintsbury treats , to our minds , least ...
Page 74
... feet , but into feet of a particular kind . What kind , we ask , and how related to the idea of the foot in general ? It is only in an appendix to the third volume that he endeavours to tell us - with a conspicuous absence of success ...
... feet , but into feet of a particular kind . What kind , we ask , and how related to the idea of the foot in general ? It is only in an appendix to the third volume that he endeavours to tell us - with a conspicuous absence of success ...
Page 75
... feet , in the strict sense , dis- appear and are replaced by a kind of tip - toe motion . Let the reader repeat to ... feet composed of long and short syllables ; if it employs the difference of emphasis we have a system of feet composed ...
... feet , in the strict sense , dis- appear and are replaced by a kind of tip - toe motion . Let the reader repeat to ... feet composed of long and short syllables ; if it employs the difference of emphasis we have a system of feet composed ...
Page 76
... feet . Their equality of duration is obvious . A not quite so obvious , yet more important , characteristic in them is their similarity in shape . The line before us is a dactylic ' hexameter ; as such it can never harbour an anapæst ...
... feet . Their equality of duration is obvious . A not quite so obvious , yet more important , characteristic in them is their similarity in shape . The line before us is a dactylic ' hexameter ; as such it can never harbour an anapæst ...
Page 77
... feet . Take the lines ' Hálf a league , hálf a league , ] Hálf a league | ónward . ' | It is very obvious that the longest syllable here is ' league , ' and the shortest ' a . ' This disparity is metric- ally irrelevant . A recurring ...
... feet . Take the lines ' Hálf a league , hálf a league , ] Hálf a league | ónward . ' | It is very obvious that the longest syllable here is ' league , ' and the shortest ' a . ' This disparity is metric- ally irrelevant . A recurring ...
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