Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 72
... consonants before which their consonants ' can be sounded ' : they are It , Is , To , Are , Will , He , She , We ... Consonant ; and then its two remaining Letters are join'd to the preceding word ; as to th ' Wall , for to the Wall ...
... consonants before which their consonants ' can be sounded ' : they are It , Is , To , Are , Will , He , She , We ... Consonant ; and then its two remaining Letters are join'd to the preceding word ; as to th ' Wall , for to the Wall ...
Page 88
... consonant , with loss of the intermediate sound . For example , a direct parallel to the standard wondrous is Milton's cumb'rous , and this may appear to be achieved by ' slurring ' the b and 7 , that is , by contracting the word . One ...
... consonant , with loss of the intermediate sound . For example , a direct parallel to the standard wondrous is Milton's cumb'rous , and this may appear to be achieved by ' slurring ' the b and 7 , that is , by contracting the word . One ...
Page 141
... consonant ( which happens to be in nine out of eleven adjectives and possibly in three final extra- metricals and C. , 202 ) , but need not be expanded so ! It seems clear that Even as an adjective is dissyllabic and elided before a ...
... consonant ( which happens to be in nine out of eleven adjectives and possibly in three final extra- metricals and C. , 202 ) , but need not be expanded so ! It seems clear that Even as an adjective is dissyllabic and elided before a ...
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