Prose and verse, in the composition of lang., how differ

PROSODY
    —­Prosody, of what subjects treats
    —­etymol. and signif. of the word
    —­Prosody, meagrely and immethodically treated in the works of many
      grammarians
    —­undetermined usage as to what things belong to; how treated by some
      of the old prosodists; account of SMETIUS’S treatise of; do. 
      GENUENSIS’S

Prosthesis, explained

Proverbs, their elliptical character

Provincial expressions, use of, as opposed to purity

PUNCTUATION, arranged under the head of Prosody
    —­Punct., what
    —­principal marks of, named and shown; what they severally denote
    —­RULES of:  for Comma; for Semicolon; for Colon; for Period; for
      Dash; for Eroteme; for Ecphoneme; for Curves
    —­description of the other marks of
    —­(See Comma, Semicolon, &c.)
    —­Punct., the present system of, in Eng., common to many languages
    —­why often found diverse, in diff. editions and diff. versions of the
      same work
    —­duty of writers in respect to, and of publishers in reproducing
      ancient books
    —­some account of the orig. and prog. of
    —­“improvement” in, which is no improvement
    —­confused and discordant explanations, by some, of certain of the
      marks of

Purity, as a quality of style, in what consists
    —­Precepts aiming at offences against

Pyrrhic, defined

Q.

Q, its name and plur. numb.
    —­has no sound peculiar to itself; its power
    —­is always followed by u

Quakers, or Friends, their style of address, see Friends

Qualities of style, treated
    —­See Style Quantity, or time in pronunciation, explained
    —­as defined by the lexicographers
    —­its effect in the prolation of sounds
    —­WALKER’S views of, unsatisfac. to BROWN
    —­as regulated by emphasis, MURR.
    —­Quant. of a syll., how commonly explained
    —­by what marks may be indicated
    —­Quantities poetic, how denominated, and how proportioned
    —­What quantity coincides with accent or emphasis
    —­Quantity, on what depends
    —­where variable, and where fixed, in Eng. 
    —­Crit. observations on accent and quantity
    —­Quantity, its distinction from accent
    —­Accent and quantity, differing views of authors relative to
    —­Quantity, impropriety of affirming it to be the same as accent
    —­DR. JOH. identification of accent with; such, also, that of others;
      (not so HARRIS;) NOEHD. rightly defines; so FISK, (in Eschenb.