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... King Horn . For ye aren men of this molde , that most wide walken And knowen countries and courtes , and menye kinne places , Both princes paleis and poure menne cotles . : Piers Plowman . Everie year this freshe Maie These lustie ...
... King Horn . For ye aren men of this molde , that most wide walken And knowen countries and courtes , and menye kinne places , Both princes paleis and poure menne cotles . : Piers Plowman . Everie year this freshe Maie These lustie ...
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... king | Artour , | Of which that Bretons speke gret honour . The Wif of Bathes Tale . When the adjective follows the definite article the , or the definite pronouns this , that , or any one of the posses- sive pronouns , it takes what is ...
... king | Artour , | Of which that Bretons speke gret honour . The Wif of Bathes Tale . When the adjective follows the definite article the , or the definite pronouns this , that , or any one of the posses- sive pronouns , it takes what is ...
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... king Artour , Of which that Bret ons spekle : gret | honour . Chau . Wif of Bathes Prologue . Than longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmers for to seken strange strondes , To serve hallwes : couth | in sun dry londles . Chau ...
... king Artour , Of which that Bret ons spekle : gret | honour . Chau . Wif of Bathes Prologue . Than longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmers for to seken strange strondes , To serve hallwes : couth | in sun dry londles . Chau ...
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... scuse | the want of time ) . Higgins . M. for Mag . King Albanact , 2 . I shifted him away , And laid | good ' scuse : upon | your ecstacy ] . Othello , 4. 1 . 1 From temple's top where did Apollo dwell , I D 2 C. III . 35.
... scuse | the want of time ) . Higgins . M. for Mag . King Albanact , 2 . I shifted him away , And laid | good ' scuse : upon | your ecstacy ] . Othello , 4. 1 . 1 From temple's top where did Apollo dwell , I D 2 C. III . 35.
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... King Bladud , 22 . Several verbs , even at this day , are used sometimes with , and sometimes without the vowel , as to espy , to escape , to establish , & c . There are also substantives that throw away the vowel . Apprentice has been ...
... King Bladud , 22 . Several verbs , even at this day , are used sometimes with , and sometimes without the vowel , as to espy , to escape , to establish , & c . There are also substantives that throw away the vowel . Apprentice has been ...
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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 hath House of Fame 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 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