The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Memoir Etc, Volume 3Macmillan and Company, 1890 |
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... spelt hast ; but the word , as noun or verb , occurs thirty - seven times besides in Milton's poetry ; and in twenty - five of these places ( sixteen of them in Par . Lost ) we have the normal spelling haste , while in twelve ( P. L. ...
... spelt hast ; but the word , as noun or verb , occurs thirty - seven times besides in Milton's poetry ; and in twenty - five of these places ( sixteen of them in Par . Lost ) we have the normal spelling haste , while in twelve ( P. L. ...
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... spelt so in Milton , save that palm twice , out of eight times , becomes palme . His usage of balm is more peculiar . He begins ( Com . 674 , 991 ) with balm and balmy , spelt as now ; the noun appears next in Par . Lost , and there as ...
... spelt so in Milton , save that palm twice , out of eight times , becomes palme . His usage of balm is more peculiar . He begins ( Com . 674 , 991 ) with balm and balmy , spelt as now ; the noun appears next in Par . Lost , and there as ...
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... spelt vein , is sometimes veine . He has the spellings ayr and air within eighteen lines of each other ( Pens . ) , and both aires and airs for the plural . The Short I sound ( as in thin , him ) : chief representative i ; but ...
... spelt vein , is sometimes veine . He has the spellings ayr and air within eighteen lines of each other ( Pens . ) , and both aires and airs for the plural . The Short I sound ( as in thin , him ) : chief representative i ; but ...
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... spelt or'e with the apostrophe in the wrong place , or ore without any apostrophe : but I can find no meaning in this perversity . - Two interesting words in this long O group are show and roll . Milton's practice with respect to them ...
... spelt or'e with the apostrophe in the wrong place , or ore without any apostrophe : but I can find no meaning in this perversity . - Two interesting words in this long O group are show and roll . Milton's practice with respect to them ...
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... spelt vertue or vertu and vertuous , as was common in his time ; but virtue does occur ( e.g. P. R. , II . 431 , 455 ) , and virtual , which occurs but twice , is both times so . I find warriers and persecuters in his text , but also ...
... spelt vertue or vertu and vertuous , as was common in his time ; but virtue does occur ( e.g. P. R. , II . 431 , 455 ) , and virtual , which occurs but twice , is both times so . I find warriers and persecuters in his text , but also ...
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