The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Memoir Etc, Volume 3Macmillan and Company, 1890 |
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... instances sufficient for proof . Though Milton is directly concerned , and it is only with respect to him that the conclusions are here offered , they will bear , I believe , on the question of the style of spelling that ought to be ...
... instances sufficient for proof . Though Milton is directly concerned , and it is only with respect to him that the conclusions are here offered , they will bear , I believe , on the question of the style of spelling that ought to be ...
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... instances ) ; while the same spelling then is uniform for our adverb then , except in such a case of deviation into than for the rhyme's sake as that noted in last section . - But least and lest are unstable . In the first six ...
... instances ) ; while the same spelling then is uniform for our adverb then , except in such a case of deviation into than for the rhyme's sake as that noted in last section . - But least and lest are unstable . In the first six ...
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... instances of our present form . ( 6. ) Vowel - sounds generally , and their Spellings . - Here we may systematise a little . - On a rough analysis , which satisfies most gram- marians , though it stops short of the perfect one proposed ...
... instances of our present form . ( 6. ) Vowel - sounds generally , and their Spellings . - Here we may systematise a little . - On a rough analysis , which satisfies most gram- marians , though it stops short of the perfect one proposed ...
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... instances . ( 1 ) He has both isle and ile , island and iland , rites and rights , spite and spight ( within some lines of each other , P. L. , II . 385-393 ) , eye and ey , lie and lye , nigh and ny ( Sonnet I. 10 ) . He has aries at ...
... instances . ( 1 ) He has both isle and ile , island and iland , rites and rights , spite and spight ( within some lines of each other , P. L. , II . 385-393 ) , eye and ey , lie and lye , nigh and ny ( Sonnet I. 10 ) . He has aries at ...
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... instances , the phenomenon in question might be better brought out in all its bearings than in a collective reprint from the original editions merely ; where , in fact , the phenomenon eludes notice by its very diffusion . Then , that ...
... instances , the phenomenon in question might be better brought out in all its bearings than in a collective reprint from the original editions merely ; where , in fact , the phenomenon eludes notice by its very diffusion . Then , that ...
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