HISTORY OF ENGLISH RHYTHMS.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. I.

It is said, by such as professe the mathematicall sciences, that all things stand by proportion, and that without it nothing could stand to be good or beautiful. Puttenham, Arte of English Poesie, Lib. ii. c. 1.

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A HISTORY OF

ENGLISH RHYTHMS

BY EDWIN GUEST Esq. M.A.

FELLOW OF CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.