E. A. Abbott, A Shakespearean Grammar, PROSODY., LENGTHENING OF WORDS., LENGTHENING OF WORDS. E final pronounced

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PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

WORDS CONTRACTED IN PRONUNCIATION.

VARIABLE SYLLABLES.

LENGTHENING OF WORDS.

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. R and l after a consonant introduce an additional syllable, e.g. "Eng(e)land"

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. R preceded by a vowel lengthens pronunciation

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. I and e pronounced before vowels

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllabic feet in Chaucer

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllabic feet ending in r or re

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllables, when prolonged

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllables, exclamations

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllables, prolonged by emphasis or antithesis

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllables, diphthongs and long vowels

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllables, containing a vowel followed by r

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. Monosyllables, other instances of prolongation

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. E final pronounced

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. E of French origin, pronounced

LENGTHENING OF WORDS. E final in French names pronounced

SIMILE AND METAPHOR.

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LENGTHENING OF WORDS. E final pronounced

E mute pronounced. This is a trace of the Early English pronunciation.

Es, s. “Your gráce | misták | es: ón | ly tó | be bríef.” Rich. II. iii. 3. 9. “Who's thére, | that knóck | (e)s só | impér | iouslý?” 1 Hen. VI. i. 3. 5. “Well, lét | them rést: | come híth | er, Cát | esbý.” Rich. III. iii. 1. 157. “Here cómes | his sérv | ant. Hów | now, Cát | esbý?” Ib. 7. 58. “Till áll | thy bónes | with ách | es máke | thee róar.” Temp. i. 2. 370. “A'ches | contráct, | and stárve | your súp | ple jóints.” T. of A. i. 1. 257, v. 1. 202. But this word seems to have been pronounced, when a noun, "aatch." At least it is made by Spenser, Sh. Cal. Aug. 4, to rhyme with "matche." “Send Có | levíle | with hís | conféd | erátes.” 2 Hen. IV. iv. 3. 79.

So “Wórces | ter, gét | thee góne! | For I' | do sée.” 1 Hen. IV. i. 3. 15, iii. 1. 5, v. 5. 14 (Fol. omits "thee"). “We háve; | whereupón (497) | the éarl | of Wórc | estér.” Rich. II. ii. 2. 58.

So “Glóucestér,” 1 Hen. VI. i. 3. 4, 6, 62, and “O lóv | ing úncle (465), | kind dúke | of Glóu | cestér.” 1 Hen. VI. iii. 1. 142. “This is the flower that smiles on every one
To shów | his téeth | as whíte | as whá | le's bóne.” L. L. L. v. 2. 332. So, in a rhyming passage, “Whose shád | ow thé | dismíss | ed báche | lor lóves
Béing | lass-lórn; | thy póle | -clipt vín | e-yárd
And thý | sea-márge, | stérile | and róck | y-hárd.” Temp. iv. 1. 69. “She név | er hád | so swéet | a cháng | elíng.” M. N. D. ii. 1. 23. Perhaps “Fran. They ván | ish'd stráng | ely.
Seb. No mát | ter, sínce.” Temp. iii. 3. 40. But see 506. Possibly "cradles" may approximate to a trisyllable, "crad(e)les" (so "jugg(e)ler," &c. 477), in “Does thóughts | unvéil | in théir | dumb crá | dlés.” Tr. and Cr. iii. 3. 200.

The e is probably not of French but of Latin origin in "statue:" “She dréamt | to-níght | she sáw | my stát | ué.” J. C. ii. 2. 76. “E'ven at | the báse | of Póm | pey's stát | ué.” (Folio) Ib. iii. 2. 192. Globe "statua."

So in the plural: “But líke | dumb stát | ués | of bréath | ing stónes.” Rich. III. iii. 7. 25. Globe, "statuas." “No marble statua nor high
Aspiring pyramid be raised.” HABINGTON (Walker).

A Shakespearean Grammar. Edwin Abbott Abbott. London and New York. Macmillan and Company. 1870.

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