Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 19
... fact links it with the first part of ' L'Allegro ' . Now either the sudden change in ' L'Allegro ' is due to design , or it was unconscious ; I suggest that it may have been occasioned by Milton's laying aside the first part , and then ...
... fact links it with the first part of ' L'Allegro ' . Now either the sudden change in ' L'Allegro ' is due to design , or it was unconscious ; I suggest that it may have been occasioned by Milton's laying aside the first part , and then ...
Page 67
... fact that his spelling , phonetic in intention , tells so consistent a tale of elided tri- syllabics is fair evidence as to his practice with the spoken word . In actual fact , there are many elisions to which no one can possibly object ...
... fact that his spelling , phonetic in intention , tells so consistent a tale of elided tri- syllabics is fair evidence as to his practice with the spoken word . In actual fact , there are many elisions to which no one can possibly object ...
Page 142
... fact is well attested ; Wright's Dialect Dictionary ( but not the New English Dictionary ) in- stances the form eel ( iel ) from Essex , West Somersetshire and North Devonshire . But if that is Milton's usage in this place , it is the ...
... fact is well attested ; Wright's Dialect Dictionary ( but not the New English Dictionary ) in- stances the form eel ( iel ) from Essex , West Somersetshire and North Devonshire . But if that is Milton's usage in this place , it is the ...
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