[118]
Further with regard to the time-lengths,
which are of such importance where rhythm is concerned, what standard is there by which they can be
[p. 575]
regulated save that of the ear? Why do some
sentences produce a full rhythmical effect, although
the words which they contain are few, whereas others
containing a greater number are abrupt and short in
rhythm? Why again in periods do we get an
impression of incompleteness, despite the fact that
the sense is complete?
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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