23. PÆON 3d, the third syllable long and the other three short. Ex. _animatus_, _independent_, _condescendence_, _sacerdotal_, _reimbursement_, _manufacture_.
24. PÆON 4th, the last syllable long and the other three short. Ex. _Celeritas_.
25. EPITRITUS 1st, the first syllable short and the other three long. Ex. _voluptates_.
26. EPITRITUS 2d, the second syllable short and the other three long. Ex. _pænitentes_.
27. EPITRITUS 3d, the third syllable short and the other three long. Ex. _discordias_.
28. EPITRITUS 4th, the last syllable short and the other three long. Ex. _fortunatus_.
29. A word of five syllables composed of a Pyrrhichius and Dactylus. Ex. _ministerial_.
30. A word of five syllables composed of a Trochæus and Dactylus. Ex. _singularity_.
31. A word of five syllables composed of a Dactylus and Trochæus. Ex. _precipitation_, _examination_.
32. A word of five syllables, the second only long. Ex. _necessitated_, _significancy_.
33. A word of six syllables composed of two Dactyles. Ex. _impetuosity_.
34. A word of six syllables composed of a Tribrachys and Dactyle. Ex. _pusillanimity_.
_N. B._ Every word may be considered as a prose foot, because every word is distinguished by a pause; and every foot in verse may be considered as a verse word, composed of syllables pronounced at once without a pause.
[1] Nec vero illa parva vis naturæ est rationisque, quod unum hoc animal sentit quid sit ordo, quid sit quod deceat in factis dictisque, qui modus. Itaque eorum ipsorum, quæ aspectu sentiuntur, nullum aliud animal, pulchritudinem, venustatem, convenientiam partium, sentit. Quam similitudinem natura ratioque ab oculis ad animum transferens, multo etiam magis pulchritudinem, constantiam, ordinem, in consiliis factisque conservandum putat, cavetque ne quid indecorè effeminatève faciat; tum in omnibus et opinionibus et factis ne quid libidinosè aut faciat aut cogitet. Quibus ex rebus conflatur et efficitur id, quod quærimus, honestum. _Cicero de officiis, l._ 1.
[2] From many things that pass current in the world without being generally condemned, one at first view would imagine, that the sense of congruity or propriety hath scarce any foundation in nature; and that it is rather an artificial refinement of those who affect to distinguish themselves by a certain delicacy of taste and behaviour. The fulsome panegyrics bestowed upon the great and opulent, in epistles dedicatory and other such compositions, lead naturally to that thought. Did there prevail in the world, it will be said, or did nature suggest, a taste of what is suitable, decent, or proper, would any good writer deal in such compositions, or any man of sense receive them without disgust? Can it be supposed, that Lewis XIV. of France was endued by nature with any sense of propriety, when, in a dramatic performance purposely composed for his entertainment, he suffered himself, publicly and in his presence, to be styled the greatest king ever the earth produced? These it is true are strong facts; but luckily they do not prove the sense of propriety to be artificial. They only prove, that the sense of propriety is at times overpowered by pride and vanity; which is no singular case, for this sometimes is the fate even of the sense of justice.