Elements of Criticism, Volume II.Kames, Henry Home, Lord
Philosophy
Elements of Criticism, Volume II.
Kames, Henry Home, Lord
Criticism; Literary style
26. EPITRITUS 2d, the second syllable short and the other three
long. Ex. _pænitentes_.
27. EPITRITUS 3d, the third syllable short and the other three
long. Ex. _discordias_.
28. EPITRITUS 4th, the last syllable short and the other three
long. Ex. _fortunatus_.
29. A word of five syllables composed of a Pyrrhichius and
Dactylus. Ex. _ministerial_.
30. A word of five syllables composed of a Trochæus and Dactylus.
Ex. _singularity_.
31. A word of five syllables composed of a Dactylus and Trochæus.
Ex. _precipitation_, _examination_.
32. A word of five syllables, the second only long. Ex.
_necessitated_, _significancy_.
33. A word of six syllables composed of two Dactyles. Ex.
_impetuosity_.
34. A word of six syllables composed of a Tribrachys and Dactyle.
Ex. _pusillanimity_.
_N. B._ Every word may be considered as a prose foot, because every word
is distinguished by a pause; and every foot in verse may be considered
as a verse word, composed of syllables pronounced at once without a
pause.
End of the SECOND VOLUME.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Nec vero illa parva vis naturæ est rationisque, quod unum hoc
animal sentit quid sit ordo, quid sit quod deceat in factis dictisque,
qui modus. Itaque eorum ipsorum, quæ aspectu sentiuntur, nullum aliud
animal, pulchritudinem, venustatem, convenientiam partium, sentit.
Quam similitudinem natura ratioque ab oculis ad animum transferens,
multo etiam magis pulchritudinem, constantiam, ordinem, in consiliis
factisque conservandum putat, cavetque ne quid indecorè effeminatève
faciat; tum in omnibus et opinionibus et factis ne quid libidinosè aut
faciat aut cogitet. Quibus ex rebus conflatur et efficitur id, quod
quærimus, honestum. _Cicero de officiis, l._ 1.
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