The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 Seiten |
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... syllables is called rhythm . A study of metres helps us to appreciate and enjoy the skill which our poets have shown in devising varied and appropriate measures for their verse . But the adequate discussion of this subject would occupy ...
... syllables is called rhythm . A study of metres helps us to appreciate and enjoy the skill which our poets have shown in devising varied and appropriate measures for their verse . But the adequate discussion of this subject would occupy ...
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... syllable or another word . Thus we can hear it in fairest , starry , stir up , but not in fair play , star gazing , stir the fire . Literary critics are often severe upon such rhymes as morn and dawn , ought and fort , which they ...
... syllable or another word . Thus we can hear it in fairest , starry , stir up , but not in fair play , star gazing , stir the fire . Literary critics are often severe upon such rhymes as morn and dawn , ought and fort , which they ...
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... syllables . It may be heard at the end of villa , sudden , cupboard , in the middle of miracle , tendency , harmony , at the beginning and end of America , grammarian , verandah . It is called the Obscure vowel , or the Natural vowel ...
... syllables . It may be heard at the end of villa , sudden , cupboard , in the middle of miracle , tendency , harmony , at the beginning and end of America , grammarian , verandah . It is called the Obscure vowel , or the Natural vowel ...
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... syllable which is followed by another syllable their sound is almost if not quite pure . Thus in fa - tal , la - dy , na - vy , and in foe - man , no - ble , po - ker , the secondary vowel - sound , which is prominent in fate and foe ...
... syllable which is followed by another syllable their sound is almost if not quite pure . Thus in fa - tal , la - dy , na - vy , and in foe - man , no - ble , po - ker , the secondary vowel - sound , which is prominent in fate and foe ...
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... syllable ; or , if we employ the terms which we saw reason to prefer , a sonant and a surd in juxtaposition cannot be pronounced in the same syllable . We may write them together , but to sound them both as they are written is ...
... syllable ; or , if we employ the terms which we saw reason to prefer , a sonant and a surd in juxtaposition cannot be pronounced in the same syllable . We may write them together , but to sound them both as they are written is ...
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