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sisting only of two syllables, we have no guide to 

 direct us; therefore of such words consisting of 

 more than two syllables, if the last syllable but 

 one, which is called the penultima, be marked ( — 

 long, then the English accent is placed on that 

 syllable, but if the quantity be marked ( " ) shoi t, on 

 this penultimate syllable, then the English accent is al- 

 ways thrown back on the preceding syllable,, called 

 the antepenultima, without any consideration of what 

 may be the quantity of that preceding syllable, in 

 Latin poetry. 



