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THE REV. W. YATES' ESSAY 



similarity in the sound of certain letters ; at others there is an alliteration, 

 but it is irregular, and can be reduced to no definite rules : as 



f%f?rf^f^f?rf%f^Rf%f? =r "^rTTrT^t^T^ri^: i 



The noble Kurus, devoted to the conquering and preserving of the land, firmly opposed their 

 enemies, and made them tremble in the battle. 



Besides the preceding there is another kind of alliteration called ^"^T, 

 by means of which the whole stanza may be thrown into some artificial 

 form. The particular form into which the verse is thrown, gives to it both 

 its character and name, as may be perceived by the instances which 

 follow. 



1 . — The %^Rf%^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ syllables of the stanza so arranged as to 

 read the same either straight forward, or cross-ways, following the order of 

 the lines drawn from the first syllables. These lines are supposed to pre- 

 sent a figure something like a stream of urine passing from a cow, and 

 hence the name by which this kind of alliteration is denominated ; as 



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When the contest commenced with loud vociferations, the juice flowed copiously from the 

 infuriated elephants engaged in the battle. 



2. — The w^^T^ after the stanza is regularly arranged according to 

 its four padas, or component parts, has the syllables so disposed that the 

 ivhole of the Jirst half reads the same straightforwards or downwards ; and 

 the whole of the second half reads the same beginning with the first syllables 

 forwards and the last syllables upwards ; as 



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