A Biographical History of English Literature: Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English WritersW. & R.Chambers, 1879 |
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... common , as ring , sing ; of two syllables — which are also called feminine rhymes — as riven , driven ; and of three syllables , as readily , steadily . The English language is very poor in rhymes . On an average it has only three to ...
... common , as ring , sing ; of two syllables — which are also called feminine rhymes — as riven , driven ; and of three syllables , as readily , steadily . The English language is very poor in rhymes . On an average it has only three to ...
Side 14
... common kind of verse employed in English ? 59. How many feet does it contain ? 60. Where does the accented syllable come in each iambic foot ? 61. Give an example . 62. What proportion does iambic pentameter bear to any other metre ? 63 ...
... common kind of verse employed in English ? 59. How many feet does it contain ? 60. Where does the accented syllable come in each iambic foot ? 61. Give an example . 62. What proportion does iambic pentameter bear to any other metre ? 63 ...
Side 22
... common , and is plainly seen in burn , brunt ; turn , trundle ; and three , third . The German language , which has had a much more regular development than ours , and is truer to its past , has the r always adhering to the first ...
... common , and is plainly seen in burn , brunt ; turn , trundle ; and three , third . The German language , which has had a much more regular development than ours , and is truer to its past , has the r always adhering to the first ...
Side 23
... common in Old English ; the one intensifies the other . Chaucer has as many as four in one sentence , He nevir yit no vilonye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight . He never yet in all his life said anything rude to any kind of ...
... common in Old English ; the one intensifies the other . Chaucer has as many as four in one sentence , He nevir yit no vilonye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight . He never yet in all his life said anything rude to any kind of ...
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... common weal , wealth ( which was once sounded weelth . ) The word wealth in the passage in the Prayer - Book ,“ Grant her in health and wealth long to live , ' - does not mean riches , but a good and healthy condition in the State . 2 ...
... common weal , wealth ( which was once sounded weelth . ) The word wealth in the passage in the Prayer - Book ,“ Grant her in health and wealth long to live , ' - does not mean riches , but a good and healthy condition in the State . 2 ...
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