Word: accents
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...accent sadly sweet...
...this time I caught sight of the "Varsity" again, as they swept down the river, helped on by the tide; and as, after shooting the bridge, the stroke quickened and the boat came swiftly towards the float, a voice at my elbow said, with a strong Scotch accent, "The lads is pulling a bit hard to-night," and the bluff old boat-builder smiled approval. "Let her run!" comes sharp and clear from the boat, the machine-like action stops, the boat glides up to the float, out come the oars, and eight hearty-looking fellows after them, - fellows full...
...fine slate roof now being placed on Memorial Hall will, when completed, contain the following inscription in Hebrew: The day is short, the reward is great, the laborers are few, the Master urges." It will be set in the slate, blue on red ground, with gilt marks of accent and gilt stars, and other ornamentation. - Union Spectator...
...harpe au divin accent...
...perfectly marvellous. How is it done? And again, can it ever be done without sacrificing something of the thought or something of the metre? As to the latter, in the best works of our great poets, there occur such words as "under," "often," etc., in iambic metre where the accent is required on the last syllable, and "by the," "in the" &c, where only one short syllable is required. Now, if so much is sacrificed of the metre, the heavy material body of poetry, how much must be sacrificed of the ethereal soul, and those delicate fancies which the most...