Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 72
... contracted to sound as one syllable , and -ism is likewise monosyllabic . There are doubts , he records , about the number of syllables in the endings of such words as beauteous , glorious , acquaint , etc .; ancient , that is ...
... contracted to sound as one syllable , and -ism is likewise monosyllabic . There are doubts , he records , about the number of syllables in the endings of such words as beauteous , glorious , acquaint , etc .; ancient , that is ...
Page 141
... contracted form ( Ev'ning , Eevning , or Eev'ning ) at every place except P.L. , IV , 151 ; VIII , 278 and C. , 540 , where it is Evening ; but the lines do not allow of its being trisyllabic , and make it clear that these are errors of ...
... contracted form ( Ev'ning , Eevning , or Eev'ning ) at every place except P.L. , IV , 151 ; VIII , 278 and C. , 540 , where it is Evening ; but the lines do not allow of its being trisyllabic , and make it clear that these are errors of ...
Page 142
... contracted . In P.L. , VIII , 1072 , Bridges suggests the emendation Both Evil and Good , Good lost , and Evil got ; which brings the l before a vowel and allows elision of the pre- ceding syllable.1 The late Professor George H. Cowling ...
... contracted . In P.L. , VIII , 1072 , Bridges suggests the emendation Both Evil and Good , Good lost , and Evil got ; which brings the l before a vowel and allows elision of the pre- ceding syllable.1 The late Professor George H. Cowling ...
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