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Proper Names in Old English Verse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

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It is true that the poets often allow proper names to disturb the rhythmic character of verse; but there are limits beyond which few versifiers will be found to push any special license that they may be disposed to exercise in the use of names. The famous Shakespearean crux in the line,

“Lucius, Lucullus, and Sempronius Vllorxa,”

[Timon, III, iv, 112.]

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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1899

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