The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Memoir Etc, Volume 3Macmillan and Company, 1890 |
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... . On the other hand , the e was occasionally omitted where we retain it , as fals , vers , els , leavs , tast ( taste ) , hast ( haste ) .- So our final y " " was frequently represented by ie , as starrie SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION 29.
... . On the other hand , the e was occasionally omitted where we retain it , as fals , vers , els , leavs , tast ( taste ) , hast ( haste ) .- So our final y " " was frequently represented by ie , as starrie SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION 29.
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With Memoir Etc John Milton. " " was frequently represented by ie , as starrie , majestie , guiltie , happie , flie , crie , descrie ; while , on the other hand , y did service from which it has now been released , as in ayr , voyce ...
With Memoir Etc John Milton. " " was frequently represented by ie , as starrie , majestie , guiltie , happie , flie , crie , descrie ; while , on the other hand , y did service from which it has now been released , as in ayr , voyce ...
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... represented in chief by the letter a , but also occasionally by e ( clerk , serjeant , Derby , Berkshire ) .- Milton's usage for the sound is ours ; but in the prose heading of his Arcades , both in 1645 and 1673 , the heroine of the ...
... represented in chief by the letter a , but also occasionally by e ( clerk , serjeant , Derby , Berkshire ) .- Milton's usage for the sound is ours ; but in the prose heading of his Arcades , both in 1645 and 1673 , the heroine of the ...
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... represented in English by e : more frequently by a , ai , ay , ei , ey , ea , eig , eigh — e.g . name , main , say , vein , prey , yea , reign , weight . — Take , in this group , these spellings in Milton : strein ( for strain : Od ...
... represented in English by e : more frequently by a , ai , ay , ei , ey , ea , eig , eigh — e.g . name , main , say , vein , prey , yea , reign , weight . — Take , in this group , these spellings in Milton : strein ( for strain : Od ...
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... represented chiefly by o , but sometimes by a , au , and oe : e.g. salt , want , vault , does ( 3d pers . sing . of the verb do ) . I have noted nothing peculiar in Milton's spelling here . The same sound prolonged , and therefore ...
... represented chiefly by o , but sometimes by a , au , and oe : e.g. salt , want , vault , does ( 3d pers . sing . of the verb do ) . I have noted nothing peculiar in Milton's spelling here . The same sound prolonged , and therefore ...
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