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... endings , and some weak endings . There are rhymes , and a very curious rhyming speech of Edgar , Act iii . scene 6 . An excellent speech of general reflection is remarkable , as being put into the mouth of a bad man , and not really ...
... endings , and some weak endings . There are rhymes , and a very curious rhyming speech of Edgar , Act iii . scene 6 . An excellent speech of general reflection is remarkable , as being put into the mouth of a bad man , and not really ...
Page 115
... endings , one or two weak endings ; but generally very good , and flowing , not unbroken , verse . The style is hard . He seems to follow his ideas , with no ambition , and no fear of blame ; and thus is very often tiresome . Very long ...
... endings , one or two weak endings ; but generally very good , and flowing , not unbroken , verse . The style is hard . He seems to follow his ideas , with no ambition , and no fear of blame ; and thus is very often tiresome . Very long ...
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... weak endings , because weak particles are almost always monosyllables . Double endings , sometimes , are included in a long word ; and where the accent is not on the penultima : as , melan- choly , adversaries . I have thought that a ...
... weak endings , because weak particles are almost always monosyllables . Double endings , sometimes , are included in a long word ; and where the accent is not on the penultima : as , melan- choly , adversaries . I have thought that a ...
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