A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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... doubts of his safety read For she had great : doubts | of his safety 66 , 16 , for eomth , read comth . 67 . 4 , for She read The . Page line 68 , 69 , 9 , for Sometimes.
... doubts of his safety read For she had great : doubts | of his safety 66 , 16 , for eomth , read comth . 67 . 4 , for She read The . Page line 68 , 69 , 9 , for Sometimes.
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... friend , to whose instructions I owe much , found his views so nearly coinciding with my own , that I have now but little doubt the hint was borrowed . The distinction also between the connected letter sounds zh and C. I. 6 THE LETTERS .
... friend , to whose instructions I owe much , found his views so nearly coinciding with my own , that I have now but little doubt the hint was borrowed . The distinction also between the connected letter sounds zh and C. I. 6 THE LETTERS .
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... doubt that all the three nasals have a close affinity to any deep low sound ; such as a hum , a murmur , or the twang of a musical string slowly vibrating . The reason I take to be the distinctness with which the vibrations of the voice ...
... doubt that all the three nasals have a close affinity to any deep low sound ; such as a hum , a murmur , or the twang of a musical string slowly vibrating . The reason I take to be the distinctness with which the vibrations of the voice ...
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... doubt that to this source may be traced much of the beauty of the following verses . Behemoth , biggest born of earth , upheav'd His vastness- The mountains huge appear P. L. 7 Emergent , and their broad bare backs upheave Into the ...
... doubt that to this source may be traced much of the beauty of the following verses . Behemoth , biggest born of earth , upheav'd His vastness- The mountains huge appear P. L. 7 Emergent , and their broad bare backs upheave Into the ...
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... And tugg'd for life . But th ' heedful boatman strongly forth did stretch His brawny arms , and all his body strain . H 6 . F. Q. 2. 12. 21 . There is little doubt , however , that the chief C 2 C. II . 19 IMITATIVE SOUNDS .
... And tugg'd for life . But th ' heedful boatman strongly forth did stretch His brawny arms , and all his body strain . H 6 . F. Q. 2. 12. 21 . There is little doubt , however , that the chief C 2 C. II . 19 IMITATIVE SOUNDS .
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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