A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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... Milton has 278 , done ) . 4 , for other , read others . 278 , 11 , for as yet wide | land , read as yet wide land . 278 , 281 , 19 , for the last verse , read the last verse but one . 9 , for 71 : 91c , read 71 : 1:91 c . 283 , 15 , the ...
... Milton has 278 , done ) . 4 , for other , read others . 278 , 11 , for as yet wide | land , read as yet wide land . 278 , 281 , 19 , for the last verse , read the last verse but one . 9 , for 71 : 91c , read 71 : 1:91 c . 283 , 15 , the ...
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... Milton's verses , however , lose half their beauty when thus insulated . It is a remark of Cowper , that a rough line seems to add a greater smoothness to the others ; and no one better knew the advantages of contrast than Milton ...
... Milton's verses , however , lose half their beauty when thus insulated . It is a remark of Cowper , that a rough line seems to add a greater smoothness to the others ; and no one better knew the advantages of contrast than Milton ...
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... Milton often melted them into a diphthong , in cases which have not been sanctioned by subsequent usage ; Or if Sion's hill Delight | thee more : or Silloa's brook , that flow'd | Fast by the oracles of God . —— P. L. 1 . And with more ...
... Milton often melted them into a diphthong , in cases which have not been sanctioned by subsequent usage ; Or if Sion's hill Delight | thee more : or Silloa's brook , that flow'd | Fast by the oracles of God . —— P. L. 1 . And with more ...
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... Milton have bewildered the critics . Mitford and Todd both give to society four syllables . The former reads the verse with six accents , For solitude sometimes ] : is best | society the latter ends it with two unaccented syllables ...
... Milton have bewildered the critics . Mitford and Todd both give to society four syllables . The former reads the verse with six accents , For solitude sometimes ] : is best | society the latter ends it with two unaccented syllables ...
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... Milton and his contemporaries sometimes melted the vowels into a diphthong ya . In modern prac- tice we carefully distinguish between them . With tears Watering the ground , and with our sighs the air Frequenting , sent from hearts ...
... Milton and his contemporaries sometimes melted the vowels into a diphthong ya . In modern prac- tice we carefully distinguish between them . With tears Watering the ground , and with our sighs the air Frequenting , sent from hearts ...
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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