Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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Page 56
... final , these conditions are absent . Phonetic spelling will not settle the question , for ris'n and its like , when final , may be monosyllabic , or phonetic and dissyllabic , irrespec- tive of the following letter . Therefore , on the ...
... final , these conditions are absent . Phonetic spelling will not settle the question , for ris'n and its like , when final , may be monosyllabic , or phonetic and dissyllabic , irrespec- tive of the following letter . Therefore , on the ...
Page 58
... final extrametrical syllables . From P.L. , VIII , 1134 , the line at which Adam , estrang'd in look and alterd stile , Speech intermitted thus to Eve renewd , the remaining fifty - six lines of the book contain four certain final ...
... final extrametrical syllables . From P.L. , VIII , 1134 , the line at which Adam , estrang'd in look and alterd stile , Speech intermitted thus to Eve renewd , the remaining fifty - six lines of the book contain four certain final ...
Page 92
... final elision . We have seen that in certain cases final elision is indisputable ; we must now face the fact that with but a single exception— Innumerable before th ' Almighties Throne— ( P.L. , V , 585 ) -able words which offer a ...
... final elision . We have seen that in certain cases final elision is indisputable ; we must now face the fact that with but a single exception— Innumerable before th ' Almighties Throne— ( P.L. , V , 585 ) -able words which offer a ...
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