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... vowel . They seem merely to represent the short vowels i and u ( as heard in put and pit ) , melting into their several dipthongs . They are generally considered as consonants ; but if the y of your be a consonant , so must also be the ...
... vowel . They seem merely to represent the short vowels i and u ( as heard in put and pit ) , melting into their several dipthongs . They are generally considered as consonants ; but if the y of your be a consonant , so must also be the ...
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... vowel sounds on the contrary , long a , au , long and short o , together with the broad dipthong ou , are used to express deep and hollow sounds ; A dreadful sound , Which through the wood loud bellowing did rebound . F. Q. 1. 7. 7 ...
... vowel sounds on the contrary , long a , au , long and short o , together with the broad dipthong ou , are used to express deep and hollow sounds ; A dreadful sound , Which through the wood loud bellowing did rebound . F. Q. 1. 7. 7 ...
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... short vowels were pronounced by the Anglo - Saxons with the middle ... vowel made the voice rest the longer on the consonantal portion of the word ... vowel before different consonants will then be matter of investigation ; and we shall ...
... short vowels were pronounced by the Anglo - Saxons with the middle ... vowel made the voice rest the longer on the consonantal portion of the word ... vowel before different consonants will then be matter of investigation ; and we shall ...
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... vowel ; representing in VOL . I. D short the ending intermediate between the old termination and the C. III . 33 THE E OF INFLEXION .
... vowel ; representing in VOL . I. D short the ending intermediate between the old termination and the C. III . 33 THE E OF INFLEXION .
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... vowel , as to espy , to escape , to establish , & c . There are also substantives that throw away the vowel ... short , Sail seas in cockles , have and wish but for't , Making to take your ' maginations | : From bourn to bourn , region to ...
... vowel , as to espy , to escape , to establish , & c . There are also substantives that throw away the vowel ... short , Sail seas in cockles , have and wish but for't , Making to take your ' maginations | : From bourn to bourn , region to ...
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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