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 Aeolism 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 elegiac poem of M. Musurus addressed to Leo X. With a Latin version and notes. The second edition, corrected and much enlarged. Containing some additions from the papers of Dr. Taylor and Mr. Markland. With a reply to Dr. G's. second dissertation in answer to the essay. By John Foster, M. A. Late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

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MDCCLXIII. [1763]