In Prosody, the views of the new school have been to a great extent adopted. One word of warning, however, is due, that the theory of irrational times should not be pressed so far as to destroy the variety which the introduction of different feet produced, in measures which would otherwise be monotonous. Horace says of the iambic trimeter.
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In Prosody, the views of the new school have been to a great extent adopted. One word of warning, however, is due, that the theory of irrational times should not be pressed so far as to destroy the variety which the introduction of different feet produced, in measures which would otherwise be monotonous. Horace says of the iambic trimeter.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.