A Journey through Albania, and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810 . ??????? ????????? ???????,?????? ??) ?????? ???? * ??? ????$?\ ????? ?? ??? .r)v ????^?? OTUV ???? 7????[???? to (ogcaov 7????~?7??? ??rrtv £???)-?? ?? ?= ??^??? ?? ????? ??? ????????? ?»ex ??? ??? -???,? ??????? ??? ?? ?????? ?~???^????? ??? ??? ??^? ??&???? ??????~???? ? ??,???????????????? ?<? ??? ?????. Such poetry may be thought worthy of the vignette accompanyingthe description,. and would be almost understood by a Greek of this day. But thereader will disce
A Journey through Albania, and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810 . ??????? ????????? ???????,?????? ??) ?????? ???? * ??? ????$?\ ????? ?? ??? .r)v ????^?? OTUV ???? 7????[???? to (ogcaov 7????~?7??? ??rrtv £???)-?? ?? ?= ??^??? ?? ????? ??? ????????? ?»ex ??? ??? -???,? ??????? ??? ?? ?????? ?~???^????? ??? ??? ??^? ??&???? ??????~???? ? ??,???????????????? ?<? ??? ?????. Such poetry may be thought worthy of the vignette accompanyingthe description,. and would be almost understood by a Greek of this day. But thereader will discern a difference between the style and language ofthese verses and those of the Romance, and, until a sight of the Be-lisarius, or any other book of early date, shall make me alter my opi-nion, I must revert to my original position, that the Romaic may besupposed to have assumed its present form somewhat about a hun-d:r<l years subsequently to the Turkish conquest; 1088 APPENDIX. POETRY. Page 578. The generality of the Romaic poems are in the fifteen-syllabled measure., or divided into eight and seven syllables, and socomposed of stanzas of four lines instead of distiches, but exactlyof the same metre. This kind of verse was originally designed fortetrameter iambic catalectic; and Forster in his Essay on Accentand Quantity (p. 126), has selected two specimens of similar versesfrom Aristophanes and Terence. ??? ??? ??,?????? ????[??.??? ??? ??&???? ??,????????
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