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So that it seems best to treat the rest as amphibrachic, with a superfluous unaccented syllable at the beginning of the line.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

Even when the beginning of the series is made coincident with the initial phase of the amphibrachic group the rhythmic type slips over into the dactylic, in spite of effort.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

In the amphibrachic form the changes manifested by the constituents of the unit group are more obscure.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

Ten lines out of twenty-four are distinctly amphibrachic, as "To Duncan | no morrow."

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

The amphibrachic measure begins weakly and ends strongly, and thus approximates, we may say, to the iambic type.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo