An Essay on the Prose of John Milton (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...the stress on their last syllable;--Anim. 10: --toseeme, tolearne;--Prel. Episc.: --to retaine;--R. of Ch. Gov. Pref.: --to aime, feare, informe, keepe, feare;--Eikon. 6: --to heare;--Areop.: --affirme, finde (spelt throughout "finde," O. E.flndaii), forbeare (O. E.forberan), impaire, thinke (O. E. gepencan);--L. to H. and Col.: --to finde;--Col.: --maintaine;--D. and Disc, of Div. I, beare (O. E. beran), thinke; II, feele (O. E.fe'lan), informe, seeke (O. E. secean, secan, M. E. seken); III, appeare, performe, thinke; IV, burne (0. E. brennan, bernan, M. E. berneri), meane (O. E. maenan, M. E. menen), passe, seeke, thinke; V, dispaire; VI, finde, keepe (O. E. ce'pan, M. E. kepen), returne, soile (0. Fr. souil, hence souiller; cf. O. E. solian, sylian, Lat. foedare; Goth, bisouljan); VII, breake (O. E. brecan, M. E. brekeii). This e occurs not only in the infinitive, but also in the conjugation of these verbs, without distinction of mood, or tense, or person. So we find: --pres. indie, indiscriminately, first and third person sing, and plur.;--Areop.: --How Bookes demeane themselves; as they daily expresse their thoughts; those who possesse the imployment; first person, I feare our English will not finde; I finde; second person, ye professe;--preterite: --The first who tooke it up (tooke occurs 3 times);--subj. pres.: --Ere any aske;--imperative: --adde.--L.to H., indic, pres.: --I thinke; you professe; the comedies that treate; where they passe;--past part.: --Ram.: --slaine (frequently throughout); C. P. B. 160, groone; 179, sworne. 2. Other writers have this e as well, Bacon, Ad. of L.: --to appeare, to attaine, to bee (2), to cleere, to doe, to drinke, to discerne, to finde (2), to outcompasse, to reveale, to referre, to sette forth, to speake, to thinke;