The World of Dr. Justice
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Methodological Monostich
Thére the mátter must rést,
pénding more ádequate dáta.
[The above is a
dactylic hexameter
-- the heroic line -- here found nestling in scholarly prose.
Source: David Lightfoot,
Principles of Diachronic Syntax
(1879), p. 213]
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