. The comic English grammar : a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . ALL FOR LOVE. Protestations, declarations, entreaties, and adorations,proclaim a swain to be simply tender; but expiration (forlove) proves him to be decidedly soft. A man who turns lover becomes a p7-otest-imt; and hisconduct at the same time generally vindergoes a reforma-tion, esjiecially if he has previously been a rake. The zeal, however, of a reformed rake, like that of Jack,in Dean Swifts Tale of a Tub, is sometimes apt tooutrun his discretion. 115. When the same word, being a dissyllable, is both a n
. The comic English grammar : a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . ALL FOR LOVE. Protestations, declarations, entreaties, and adorations,proclaim a swain to be simply tender; but expiration (forlove) proves him to be decidedly soft. A man who turns lover becomes a p7-otest-imt; and hisconduct at the same time generally vindergoes a reforma-tion, esjiecially if he has previously been a rake. The zeal, however, of a reformed rake, like that of Jack,in Dean Swifts Tale of a Tub, is sometimes apt tooutrun his discretion. 115. When the same word, being a dissyllable, is both a nounand a verb, the verb has mostly the accent on the latter;md the nonn on the former syllable : as,— Molly, let Hymens gentle handCement our hearts such a cement as shall standIn spite of wind and weather.■ I do presage—and oft a factA presage doth foretoken—Our mutual love shall neer contractOur contract neer be are many exceptions to the rule just enunciated, I 2 116 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAK. SO that, correctly as well as familiarly speakiug, it is, per-haps, no rule; for though verbs seldom have an accent onthe former, yet nouns frequently have it on the lattersyllable: as,— Mary Anne is my delightBoth by day and eke by night;For by day her soft controlSoothes my heart and calms my soul;And her image while I doseComes to svveeten my repose ;Fortune favouring my the pigs she shall be mine IThe former syllable of most dissyllables ending in ?/,our, ow, le, ish, ck, ter, age, en, e
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