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Pagina 83
... short e , is probably more frequently heard , though the Latin would suggest long e . This long e many retain , pronouncing the word de - fis - it . The original sound may actually mislead : we say agent and alien where the Latin a is short ...
... short e , is probably more frequently heard , though the Latin would suggest long e . This long e many retain , pronouncing the word de - fis - it . The original sound may actually mislead : we say agent and alien where the Latin a is short ...
Pagina 171
William Jayne Weston. We have short time to stay , as you , We have as short a Spring : As quick a growth to meet decay As you or any thing . We die As your hours do , and dry Away Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning ...
William Jayne Weston. We have short time to stay , as you , We have as short a Spring : As quick a growth to meet decay As you or any thing . We die As your hours do , and dry Away Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning ...
Pagina 312
... short sounds prominent in the first phrase " Or ever the silver cord " , and the long o tolling like a bell through the second phrase " the golden bowl be broken " . Then the short and the long sounds are mingled , " pitcher be broken ...
... short sounds prominent in the first phrase " Or ever the silver cord " , and the long o tolling like a bell through the second phrase " the golden bowl be broken " . Then the short and the long sounds are mingled , " pitcher be broken ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus Cęsura called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea instance Julius Cęsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective Paradise Lost paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing