A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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... colon ( :) indicates the place of the middle pause , of which we shall have to say more in Chapter VII . † Thries is always a dissyllable in Chaucer . : A large man he was with eylen steple , C. III . 25 FRENCH E FINAL .
... colon ( :) indicates the place of the middle pause , of which we shall have to say more in Chapter VII . † Thries is always a dissyllable in Chaucer . : A large man he was with eylen steple , C. III . 25 FRENCH E FINAL .
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... per | jenetle tree . Chau . The Milleres Tale . An adverb was also formed from the adjective by the addition of an e ; a formation which flourished in the time of Chaucer , and cannot be considered even now as 28 B. I. ENGLISH E FINAL .
... per | jenetle tree . Chau . The Milleres Tale . An adverb was also formed from the adjective by the addition of an e ; a formation which flourished in the time of Chaucer , and cannot be considered even now as 28 B. I. ENGLISH E FINAL .
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... Chaucer . For the last three centuries he has been read and praised and criticised , yet neither reader , eulogist , or critic , have thought fit to investigate his language . When does he inflect his substantive ? when his adjective ...
... Chaucer . For the last three centuries he has been read and praised and criticised , yet neither reader , eulogist , or critic , have thought fit to investigate his language . When does he inflect his substantive ? when his adjective ...
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... Chaucer used the dative , it must have been so rarely as much to lessen the value of this discussion . There seems to be no doubt that Chaucer used the old genitive plural in a , the final vowel being represented , as in other cases ...
... Chaucer used the dative , it must have been so rarely as much to lessen the value of this discussion . There seems to be no doubt that Chaucer used the old genitive plural in a , the final vowel being represented , as in other cases ...
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... Chaucer begins his exqui- site portrait of the Prioress with these lines ; Ther was also a nonne a Prioresse , That of hire smiling was ful simple and coy , Hire gret est othe : n'as | but by | seint Loy . Where othe is the genitive ...
... Chaucer begins his exqui- site portrait of the Prioress with these lines ; Ther was also a nonne a Prioresse , That of hire smiling was ful simple and coy , Hire gret est othe : n'as | but by | seint Loy . Where othe is the genitive ...
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accented syllable adjective alliteration alliterative couplet Anglo-Saxon poems Anglo-Saxon verse Bonduca Bruce Burns Cadmon Cæd century Chau Chaucer common compound section Comus consonant couplet Cynthia's Revels dialects dipthong dissyllable doth doubt dramatists Drayton elided elision English rhythms eyes final rhime five accents Fletcher four accents gret hallig hath Jons King Knightes Tale L'Allegro lable language Latin Layamon Lear letters Lord metre middle pause Milton occasionally Olaus Wormius old English orthography Othello Ploughman poetry poets preposition Prol pronounced pronunciation Puttenham quantity rare rhime rhiming syllables rule Sackville Samson Agon sectional pause short vowel Shrew Siege of Leith six accents sometimes Song sound Spenser substantive thee ther thou three accents triple measure tumbling verse Tusser unaccented syllable verb verse of four verse of six Verses beginning verses of five vowel wæs Wallace word writers