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... monosyllable . The fact that it remains so ' ev'n ' before consonants ( e.g. , P.L. , VII , 435 ; X , 276 ) rules out the theory that Milton regarded even ( subs . ) as a dissyllable but happened to use it before vowels where it could ...
... monosyllable . The fact that it remains so ' ev'n ' before consonants ( e.g. , P.L. , VII , 435 ; X , 276 ) rules out the theory that Milton regarded even ( subs . ) as a dissyllable but happened to use it before vowels where it could ...
Page 142
... monosyllable and so foreign to his customary practice . There is no parallel case of deil being used by Milton for devil ( cf. dev'lish in P.L. , VI , 504 ) , and elision through v would have been clean contrary to his principles , as ...
... monosyllable and so foreign to his customary practice . There is no parallel case of deil being used by Milton for devil ( cf. dev'lish in P.L. , VI , 504 ) , and elision through v would have been clean contrary to his principles , as ...
Page 144
... monosyllables as Heav'n and dissyllables as Heaven irrespec- tive of the nature of the following letter . Out of the 40 examples , four within the line need to be dissyllabic for ... monosyllable at all of 144 PROSODY AND INDIVIDUAL WORDS.
... monosyllables as Heav'n and dissyllables as Heaven irrespec- tive of the nature of the following letter . Out of the 40 examples , four within the line need to be dissyllabic for ... monosyllable at all of 144 PROSODY AND INDIVIDUAL WORDS.
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