A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1W. Pickering, 1838 - English language |
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... language , and the burthen of many an English song has long yielded a certain pleasure , though every whit as unmeaning as the nonsense verses of the schoolboy . In considering the general character of any proposed metre , we should ...
... language , and the burthen of many an English song has long yielded a certain pleasure , though every whit as unmeaning as the nonsense verses of the schoolboy . In considering the general character of any proposed metre , we should ...
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... languages , is by no means clear . Whether it were borrowed from the northern invader , or were the na- tural growth of a mixed and broken language , or merely the revival of a vulgar rhythm , which had been heretofore kept under by the ...
... languages , is by no means clear . Whether it were borrowed from the northern invader , or were the na- tural growth of a mixed and broken language , or merely the revival of a vulgar rhythm , which had been heretofore kept under by the ...
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... language , or the letters . VOCAL LETTERS . It has been shown that the note of a common organ reed may take the qualities of all the vowel - sounds in succession . This is effected by merely lengthening the tube , which confines the ...
... language , or the letters . VOCAL LETTERS . It has been shown that the note of a common organ reed may take the qualities of all the vowel - sounds in succession . This is effected by merely lengthening the tube , which confines the ...
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... language which had its whisper letters perfect . In our own the number of whisper letters is nine . The three close let- ters , the two dentals or teeth - breathing letters , the two sibilants , and the letter w , have each of them ...
... language which had its whisper letters perfect . In our own the number of whisper letters is nine . The three close let- ters , the two dentals or teeth - breathing letters , the two sibilants , and the letter w , have each of them ...
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... language has connected with certain words , there are others which are naturally associated with the sounds or with the peculiarities of their formation , it is obvious , that the impression on the mind must be the most vivid , when the ...
... language has connected with certain words , there are others which are naturally associated with the sounds or with the peculiarities of their formation , it is obvious , that the impression on the mind must be the most vivid , when the ...
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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