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... lines of Homer , the ' Metamorphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not understood ; and why should ...
... lines of Homer , the ' Metamorphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not understood ; and why should ...
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... line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can be * Alexandrines , iambic lines of six feet , often twelve syllables , used by Dryden , Pope , etc. , to vary the ' common heroic ' ...
... line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can be * Alexandrines , iambic lines of six feet , often twelve syllables , used by Dryden , Pope , etc. , to vary the ' common heroic ' ...
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... lines of Phaer's third Eneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's kingdom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or caesura , always ...
... lines of Phaer's third Eneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's kingdom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or caesura , always ...
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