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... final rhyme . But in each couplet of two short lines , several prominent words , two , three , or four , either all begin with the same con- sonant , or all begin with vowels , which are not required to be the same . In the most common ...
... final rhyme . But in each couplet of two short lines , several prominent words , two , three , or four , either all begin with the same con- sonant , or all begin with vowels , which are not required to be the same . In the most common ...
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... final e ( as in love , fame , etc. ) begins to disappear in pronunciation ; but the great cha- racteristic of this period is the immense accession of words taken from the French . It will be enough to name here a few of the most ...
... final e ( as in love , fame , etc. ) begins to disappear in pronunciation ; but the great cha- racteristic of this period is the immense accession of words taken from the French . It will be enough to name here a few of the most ...
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... final e was now generally neglected , and at length wholly lost in pronunciation ; and in many ways the language assumed a more modern aspect . Literature received a new impulse from the art of printing . Among the most important of the ...
... final e was now generally neglected , and at length wholly lost in pronunciation ; and in many ways the language assumed a more modern aspect . Literature received a new impulse from the art of printing . Among the most important of the ...
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... final s , which has given a peculiar sibilating character to the pronunciation of our language . In Anglo - Saxon , only a part of the nouns took s in the plural , and those only in two out of the four cases : in English , the s has ...
... final s , which has given a peculiar sibilating character to the pronunciation of our language . In Anglo - Saxon , only a part of the nouns took s in the plural , and those only in two out of the four cases : in English , the s has ...
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... final n : thus , mid greatere heorte ( A - S . mid greátre heortan ) , with great heart ; tha heye men ( A - S . tha heáhan men ) , the high men . The commencement of this change is seen in A. , where the final n is occasionally dropped ...
... final n : thus , mid greatere heorte ( A - S . mid greátre heortan ) , with great heart ; tha heye men ( A - S . tha heáhan men ) , the high men . The commencement of this change is seen in A. , where the final n is occasionally dropped ...
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