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Book Nine (A FRAGMENT) "NOR could the Trojan fighters break through the walls of their foemen, Nor could the mighty Pelides slay in his war-rage…

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  APPENDICES ON QUANTITATIVE METRE THE REASON OF PAST FAILURES   A definitive verdict seems to have been pronounced by the critical mind on the…

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  AN ANSWER TO A CRITICISM* Milford accepts the rule that two consonants after a short vowel make the short vowel long, even if they…

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