The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . t the power of grey patches plainly trace,Right and left each blade-bones place;When thy shining collars scannd,Punsters think on classic land :Thread-bare sleeves thine age proclaim,Elbows worn announce the same ;Elbows mouldy-black of hue,Save where white a crack shines through ;While thy parting seams declareThourt unfit for further wear—Then, farewell! What! Moses! ho! Clo, Sir ? clo Sir ? clo Sir ? clo ? 4. The fourth Trochaic species consists of four trocheesas, Ugh! y5u l
The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . t the power of grey patches plainly trace,Right and left each blade-bones place;When thy shining collars scannd,Punsters think on classic land :Thread-bare sleeves thine age proclaim,Elbows worn announce the same ;Elbows mouldy-black of hue,Save where white a crack shines through ;While thy parting seams declareThourt unfit for further wear—Then, farewell! What! Moses! ho! Clo, Sir ? clo Sir ? clo Sir ? clo ? 4. The fourth Trochaic species consists of four trocheesas, Ugh! y5u littlg lump of blubber,Sleep, oh! sleep in quiet, do !Cease awhile your bib to slobber—Cease your bottle mouth to screw. How I wish your eyelids neverWould unclose again at all;For I know as soon as ever Youre awake, youre sure to squall. Dad and Mammys darling honey, Tombstone cherub, stuff* d with slops,Let each noodle, dolt, and spooney Smack, who will, your pudding chops. As for me, as soon Id smother,As Id drown a sucking cat,You, you cub, or any otherNasty little squalling brat. PROSODY. 139. Would you, you disagreeable old Bachelor? This form may take an additional long syllable, but thismeasure is very uncommon. Example: Chrononhotonthologos the Great,Godlike in a barrow kept his state. 5. The fifth Trochaic species is likewise uncommon,and, as a Bowbellian would say, uncommon ugly. Itcontains five trochees: as, Here lies Mary, wife 5f Thomas Carter,Who to typhus fever proved a are a specimen of the uncouth rhymes sotouchingly alluded to by Gray. 6. The sixth form of the English Trochaic is a line ofsix trochees: as, Most bewitching damsel, charming Arabella,Prithee cast an eye of pity on a fellow. The Dactylic measure is extremely uncommon. Thefollowing may be considered an example of one species ofit:— Celia the cruel, resolvd n5t to marry s8on, Boasts of a heaat like a fortified garrison, Bulwarks and battlements keeping the beaux all off, Shot from
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