prosody

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His dissertation, Theory of Prosody in Eighteenth-Century England, was published in 1954, by which time he was teaching at Connecticut College for Women.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2012

The Colonel, who had now exhausted conversation with Miss Prosody, had leisure to observe the determined flirtation of young Vavasour with Bluebell.

From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft

But we are not yet come to the Prosody; nor shall we arrive there very soon unless we get on with the Syntax.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

The first part comprises the department of Grammar, under which are included Etymology, Syntax, Analysis, Word Formation, and History, with a brief outline of Composition and of Prosody.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

It is believed that he wrote a treatise on Astronomy and one on Sanskrit Prosody.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.