and Modern English
155
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99.
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The comparative and superlative endings -er, -est
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156
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100.
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The ending -est
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157
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101.
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The endings -eth, -es (’s)
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158
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102.
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The ending -ed (’d, t)
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158
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103.
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The ending -ed (-od, -ud) of the 1st and 3rd pers. sing. pret. and plur. pret. of weak verbs
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159
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104.
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The final -e in Middle English poetry
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160
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105.
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Examples of the arbitrary use of final -e
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161
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106.
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The final -e in later poetry of the North
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162
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107.
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Formative endings of Romanic origin
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163
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108.
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Contraction of words ordinarily pronounced in full
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165
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109.
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Amalgamation of two syllables for metrical purposes
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166
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110.
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Examples of slurring or contraction
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167
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111.
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Other examples of contraction; apocopation
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168
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112.
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Lengthening of words for metrical purposes
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169
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CHAPTER VIII
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WORD-ACCENT
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§
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113.
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General remarks
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171
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I. Word-accent in Middle English.
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A. Germanic words.
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114.
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Alleged difference in degree of stress among inflexional endings containing e
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172
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115.
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Accent in trisyllables and compounds
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174
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116.
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Pronunciation of parathetic compounds
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175
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117.
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Rhythmical treatment of trisyllables and words of four syllables
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175
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B. Romanic words.
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118.
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Disyllabic words
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177
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119.
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Trisyllabic words
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178
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120.
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Words of four and five syllables
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179
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II. Word-accent in Modern English.
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121.
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Romanic accentuation still continued
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180
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122.
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Disyllabic words
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181
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123.
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Trisyllabic and polysyllabic words
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181
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124.
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Parathetic compounds
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182
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DIVISION II. VERSE-FORMS COMMON TO THE MIDDLE AND MODERN ENGLISH PERIODS
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CHAPTER IX
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LINES OF EIGHT FEET, FOUR FEET, TWO FEET, AND ONE FOOT
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§
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125.
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The eight-foot line and its resolution into four-foot lines
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183
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126.
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Examples of the four-foot line
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183
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127.
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Treatment of the caesura in four-foot verse
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185
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128.
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Treatment of four-foot verse in North English and Scottish writings
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186
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129.
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Its treatment in the Midlands and the South
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187
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130.
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Combinations of four-foot and three-foot verse in Middle English
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188
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131–2.
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Freer variety of this metre in Modern English
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188
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133.
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Two-foot verse
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190
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134.
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One-foot verse
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191
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