A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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... consonants which end these words , we find ourselves unable to do so but for a short time , and even then it requires some muscular exertion . In each of the three cases the tone seems to be modified by a closed cavity , no aperture ...
... consonants which end these words , we find ourselves unable to do so but for a short time , and even then it requires some muscular exertion . In each of the three cases the tone seems to be modified by a closed cavity , no aperture ...
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... consonants ; but if the y of your be a consonant , so must also be the e of Enrope . l , r . The peculiarity in the formation of these letters is a certain trembling or vibration of the tongue , whence they may be called the trembling ...
... consonants ; but if the y of your be a consonant , so must also be the e of Enrope . l , r . The peculiarity in the formation of these letters is a certain trembling or vibration of the tongue , whence they may be called the trembling ...
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... consonant . If the true definition of a vowel be , that it is a letter which makes any part of a word , into which it enters , a distinct syllable , then w has clearly no right to the title of vowel . Nor can we reasonably call the ...
... consonant . If the true definition of a vowel be , that it is a letter which makes any part of a word , into which it enters , a distinct syllable , then w has clearly no right to the title of vowel . Nor can we reasonably call the ...
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... consonants , and load his line with rugged syllables , when he described the mighty conflict between his angels . But soon obscur'd with smoke all heav'n appear'd From those deep - throated engines belch'd , whose roar Embowell'd with ...
... consonants , and load his line with rugged syllables , when he described the mighty conflict between his angels . But soon obscur'd with smoke all heav'n appear'd From those deep - throated engines belch'd , whose roar Embowell'd with ...
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... consonant , when we use them as dis- syllables . There can be little doubt that at an earlier pe- riod these words ... consonants may be lengthened just as readily as the vowels . There is therefore only a partial objection to the system ...
... consonant , when we use them as dis- syllables . There can be little doubt that at an earlier pe- riod these words ... consonants may be lengthened just as readily as the vowels . There is therefore only a partial objection to the system ...
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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