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... half of each line contains four accents, the fourth falling upon the last syllable. This last stress, however, is not, as a rule as strong as the oth... ...y of the “Nibelungen” strophe is the frequent omis- sion of the unaccented syllable in the second half of the last line of the strophe between the sec... ...rman form is “Ute”, but in order to insure its being pro- nounced with two syllables, the form “Uta” was chosen. (10) “Dankrat” (M.H.G. “Dancrat”) app...

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...ack, thinking that he meant her, and his languid circulation had dropped a syllable. “Doc- tor,” he returns, with a pathos calculated to draw a tear ... ...It was a moving meeting for all the three parties concerned. I knew every syllable that passed between them as well as they did. I listened with my ...

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...; but Glennard dared not even glance at the cover, lest it should show the syllables he feared. The train was full of people they knew, and they were ...

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...dinner party, each in an opposite corner of the coach, and do not exchange a syllable until they have been seated for at least twenty min utes by the...

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...which indeed we had not scrupled to prefix a certain hard little word of one syllable and three letters—when our fair friend, unable to maintain the c...

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...ood cigar-ash.) Eh, wha-at? Oh, yes, of course. What did you say? DOCTOR. (Syllable by syllable.) Go—in—to—the— room—and—see—her. She wants to speak t... ...und that meaning in it; but their translation was refined and full of four-syllable words. They held a sederunt, and were filled with tremulous joy, f...

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...r to you by him who died for us that naught shall induce me to breathe one syllable to my jailers; but I conjure you do not abandon me. If you do, I s... ...he plain around her, and pressed closely against her guide, not uttering a syllable; but as she saw him ad- vance with even step and composed countena... ...i, that I did not sooner assist you in your distress. He did not mention a syllable of your embarrassment to me, when he knows that, alone and isolate...

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...permaceti was that quickening humor of the Greenland Whale which the first syllable of the word literally expresses. In those times, also, spermaceti ... ...en enough to split the planets and make an infidel of Abraham, and not one syllable is thine!” “Sail ho!” cried a triumphant voice from the main-mast-...

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...the Justice; the former ha ’d, eh ’d, without bringing forth an articulate syllable; the latter only said, ‘As the warrant is destroyed, Mr. Justice, ... ...r of King George and govern- ment, of which he dared not have pronounced a syllable in his own bedchamber; and that, in fact, his wife’s predomi- nati...

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...n this she dwelt until the periods were lengthened into para- graphs, each syllable into words, and each letter into syllables. Anna Miller had furnis... ...e.” This was certainly very plain English, nor did Julia misunder- stand a syllable of what he said—but it was entirely new and unexpected to her; she... ...take my name, and take my three hundred thousand dollars!—Now don’t deny a syllable of it till I tell your answer.” Charlotte smiled, and taking her w...

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...o.” “I am perfectly satisfied of both.” 64 Sense & Sensibility “Yet not a syllable has been said to you on the subject, by either of them.” “I have n... ...as been said to you on the subject, by either of them.” “I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly. Has not his behaviour to Ma... ...attentions to her, this calmness could not have been maintained; but not a syllable escaped her lips; and the abstraction of her thoughts preserved he... ...eneral, she proportioned them to the num- ber of her ideas; and of the few syllables that did escape her, not one fell to the share of Miss Dashwood, ... ...o my cousin Lucy!—There’s for you, my dear!—And not a creature know- ing a syllable of the matter, except Nancy!—Could you have believed such a thing ... ...bout being off, and not upon his own. I will take my oath he never dropt a syllable of being tired of her, or of wishing to marry Miss Morton, or any ... ...onest. They then talked on for a few minutes longer without her catching a syllable, when another lucky stop in Marianne’s performance brought her the... ...ies sprung up from her heart, but she dared not urge one. She caught every syllable with panting eagerness; her hand, unknowingly to herself, closely ... ... no utterance, and was obliged to leave all to their own discretion. Not a syllable passed aloud. They all waited in silence for the appearance of the...

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...ertaking. Since leaving the canoe-house we had scarcely exchanged a single syllable with one another; but when we entered a second narrow opening in t... ...red to break, lest, like the enchanted gardens in the fairy tale, a single syllable might dissolve the spell. For a long time, forgetful alike of my o... ... would have been impossible for either of us to tell. Without exchanging a syllable upon the subject, T oby and myself simultaneously renounced the de... ...apped their hands in transport, and shouted again and again the talismanic syllables, the utterance of which appeared to have settled everything. When... ...ut plain ‘Tom’. As he persisted in garnishing the, word with an additional syllable, I compro- mised the matter with him at the word ‘Tommo’; and by t... ...perform all sorts of duties; for instance, one particular com- bination of syllables expresses the ideas of sleep, rest, reclin- ing, sitting, leaning... ... on an ordinary conversation, giv- ing a musical prolongation to the final syllable of every sen- tence, and chirping out some of the words with a liq... ...e, already deformed by the loss of an eye. The warrior, without uttering a syllable, pointed fiercely in the direction of Marheyo’s house, while Kory-...

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...elf to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfr... ...tempt, but I dare not repeat it! Only, Ellen, promise you’ll not mention a syllable of his infamous conversation to my brother or Catherine. Whatever ... ...‘I’ve tied his tongue,’ observed Heathcliff. ‘He’ll not ven- ture a single syllable all the time! Nelly, you recollect meat his age -nay, some years y... ...ey did not seem hers: she evidently re- garded what she had heard as every syllable true. The master had retired to rest before we came in. Cathy stol... ...Pray let us hear you—you ARE grown clever!” ‘He spelt, and drawled over by syllables, the name— “Hareton Earnshaw.” ‘“And the figures?” I cried, encou... ...ce, by a threat that I should be shown into a room by myself the very next syllable I uttered. It was grow- ing dark—we heard a sound of voices at the... ...ness had deserted him: he could not summon cour- age, at first, to utter a syllable in reply to her questioning look, and her murmured petition. ‘Say ... ...t between him and Hareton: indeed, I don’t believe she has ever breathed a syllable, in the latter’s hearing, against her oppressor since. When this s...

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...d something. A faint voice an swered something. Little more than a single syllable could have been spoken on either side. He looked back over his sho... ...ep the register in her memory alone, she would not lose a word of it not a syllable of it. Knitted, in her own stitches and her own symbols, it will a... ... name was, over the water.” “No?” “No. But I’ll swear it was a name of two syllables.” “Indeed?” “Yes. T’other one’s was one syllable. I know you. You... ...ever in that there coffin. Let him say he was, in so much as a word of one syllable, and I’ll either catch hold of his throat and choke him for half a... ...“She lingered for a week. T owards the last, I could under stand some few syllables that she said to me, by placing my ear close to her lips. She ask...

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... be a person of quality, made me a long speech, whereof I understood not one syllable. But I should have mentioned, that before the principal person b... ...ke often to me, and I returned answers: but neither of us could understand a syllable. There were several of his priests and lawyers present (as I con... ... of artists, very dexterous in finding out the mysterious meanings of words, syllables, and letters: for instance, they can discover a close stool, to... ...ked together for some time in their own language, whereof I understood not a syllable, neither could I observe by their counte nances, what impressio...

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...it all.” Rebecca kissed her. And regarding this delightful secret, not one syllable more was said by either of the young women. But it was destined to... ...ich the worthy parson read in his best voice and without understanding one syllable of it. He had Pitt Crawley for one of his auditors—Pitt, who had c... ...s going to use that awful weapon. Hassan from within bawls out, “First two syllables”—and Mrs. Rawdon Crawley, who is going to act in the charade, com... ... dancing, like Papageno and the Moorish King in The Magic Flute. “Last two syllables,” roars the head. The last act opens. It is a Grecian tent this t... ...rmers disappeared to get ready for the sec- ond charade-tableau. The three syllables of this charade were to be depicted in pantomime, and the perform... ...n pantomime, and the performance took place in the follow- ing wise: First syllable. Colonel Rawdon Crawley, C.B., with a slouched hat and a staff, a ... ...Dormez, dormez, chers Amours. A voice from behind the curtain says, “First syllable.” 527 Thackeray Second syllable. The lamps are lighted up all of ... ...e curtains close, and the invis- ible theatrical manager cries out “Second syllable.” “I think it must be ‘Hotel,’ “ says Captain Grigg of the Life Gu... ...he Captain’s cleverness. He is not very far from the mark. While the third syllable is in preparation, the band begins a nautical medley—”All in the D...

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...because he does not write with ease. He studies too much for words of four syllables. Do not you, Darcy?” “My style of writing is very different from ... ...son to make up her party. Their table was superlatively stupid. Scarcely a syllable was uttered that did not relate to the game, except when Mrs. Jenk... ...ies by which some part of her family were connected with that corps. Not a syllable had ever reached her of Miss Darcy’s meditated elopement. T o no c... ...Lately, George Wickham, Esq. to Miss Lydia Bennet,’’ without there being a syllable said of her father, or the place where she lived, or any thing. It... ...situation was awkward enough; but her’s she thought was still worse. Not a syllable was ut- tered by either; and Elizabeth was on the point of going a... ...or on first hearing it, Mrs. Bennet sat quite still, and unable to utter a syllable. Nor was it under many, many minutes that she could comprehend wha...

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...rriet’s notes and comments, given in a pert shrill, high key, and by a few syllables in answer from Lady Merton and Mrs. Woodbourne. The two gentlemen... ...n Helen looks like the picture of offended dignity if you presume to say a syllable con- 192 ABBEYCHURCH trary to some of her opinions, or i...

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...dle to it. But I promise you, on the faith of a gentleman, that no word or syllable that could tend to your prejudice shall ever escape my lips, provi... ...11 Anne Brontë glimpse of my feelings appear) I could only answer by mono- syllables. Whether she intended to torment me, or merely to amuse herself, ...

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...further add,’ said Mr George, nodding his head vio- lently at every second syllable; ‘naming no names, and therefore hurting nobody but those whose co... ...to his charge, and beseeching Mr Chuzzlewit in a whisper never to reveal a syllable of what he had just told him in the fullness of his heart, Tom led... ...t word he learnt to spell was ‘gain,’ and the second (when he got into two syllables), ‘money.’ But for two results, which were not clearly foreseen p... ... saying it, which was odd enough for he emphasised all the small words and syllables in his dis- course, and left the others to take care of themselve... ...s, yes, but I won’t be doubted. No one shall have it in his power to say a syllable against me,’ he returned. ‘I know how people will talk. Just as if... ... to which the usage of gossips has given that name which expresses, in two syllables, the curse pronounced on Adam. It chanced that Mrs Gamp had not b... ...subject. Nor did he receive his companion’s announcement with one solitary syllable, good, bad, or indifferent. He preserved this taciturnity for a qu... ...en at last he laid his hand upon the whisperer’s mouth, appalled, lest any syllable of what he said should reach the ears of the third person present,... ... not a-calculating for our- selves;’ he laid uncommon emphasis on the last syllable of that word, and looked full in Martin’s face; ‘we’re making a ef...