Goethe On The British.
[To rue Eurros or roe " 5rsorsroa."1 SIR,—The follow ing extract from Goethe may possibly interest some of your readers who are asking themselves what the great masters of......
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RSE,—Referring to the remarks in your last two issues respecting Tennyson's rhyme of "hundred" with "thundered," I suppose the writers are too young to remember, as I do, that......
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of imperfect rhyming than that of " hundred " with " wondered " is in the same poem where "hundred " is rhymed with " onward "! Tennyson made free use of the so-called "......
[to The Torsos Or Rim " Sescrsroa."1
Rm.—Professor Hearnshaw's article entitled "Tennyson Twenty- five Years After " in your issue of the Gth inst. cannot fail to have given pleasure to many of your readers. Those......
Switzerland And The War.
[To THE EDITOS or THE SPECTATOR."] SIL—Tour issue of September 1st contains a very interesting review—headed "Switzerland and the War "—of four books on that subject, and that......
[to The Edito1 Op The .. Speetator."3 Ste,—" Hundred" Is
not so imperfect a rhyme to " thundered " as Professor Hearnshaw conceives, nor is it necessary to follow your correspondent of last week in supposing a syncopated form of the......
[to The Editor Or Ran Spemton."] 6111.—has Not Professor...
in his interesting article overlooked abut is sorely 'Tennyson's worst rhyme occurring in the bust four lines of " The Lord of Burleigh "?— " Then her people, softly treading,......
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Mr. Carr is correct in his explana- tion of Tennyson's rhyme of " thundered " with " hundred." At the time he write the poem " hundred " was always pronounced " hunderd," as......
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