Foster (John) - An essay on the different nature of accent and quantity...

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An essay on the different nature of accent and quantity with their use and application in the English, Latin, and Greek languages : containing remarks on the metre of the English ; on the origin and æolism of the Roman ; on the general history of the Greek, with an account of its antient tones, and a defence of their present accentual marks : to which is subjoined the Greek elegaic poem of M. Musurus addressed to Leo X, with a Latin version and notes. By John Foster. The second edition, corrected and much enlarged, xxxi, [1], 448, [9] p. ; 23 cm., Eton : Printed by J. Pote, 1763.

There is an apparent page break pp.246-257, but the text is complete; 'A Review of some passages in the preceeding Essay in reply to Dr Dr G's Second Dissertation' is bound in at the rear and separately paginated. Bound in full calf, spine and spine label richly gilt, a few light wormholes at top and tail of spine, all edges tinted. Generally some wear. A good copy.

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