"Scansion" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... what reason we cannot imagine—he prints "I" for "ay," taking the pains to explain it every time in a note, and retains "banquerout" and "coram" apparently for the sake of telling us that they mean "bankrupt" and "quorum." He does not seem to have a quick ear for scansion, which would sometimes have assisted him to the true reading. We give an example ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 • Various |
