Beef. Inyama. Nama. Inyahmo. Yamo. Three. Matatu. Mararu. Madato. The Bantu language, when uncorrupted by Hottentot clicks, is euphonious and has a certain alliterative concord, consisting in the repetition of the same letter or letters at the beginning... Journal of the American Oriental Society - Page 397by American Oriental Society - 1851Full view - About this book
| Brainerd Kellogg - English language - 1880 - 288 pages
...; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. ALLITERATION, the repetition of the same letter or letters at the beginning of words, is also found in poetry, as in these verses: — 1. There /ived in Zombardy, as authors write,... | |
| Albert Newton Raub - English language - 1887 - 332 pages
...fair." Double rhymes occur in trochaic verse, and triple rhymes in dactylic verse. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter or letters at the beginning of words; as,— Conditions of Rhyme. 1. The rhyming syllables should be accented. 2. A syllable cannot... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - English language - 1888 - 286 pages
...; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. ALLITERATION, the repetition of the same letter or letters at the beginning of words, is also found in poetry, as in these verses: — 1. There /ived in Zombardy, as authors write,... | |
| Royal Commonwealth Society - Colonies - 1899 - 566 pages
...uncorrupted by Hottentot clicks, is euphonious, and has a certain alliterative concord consisting in the repetition of the same letter or letters at the beginning of many words in the same sentence. The following sentence will illustrate this : — " My sins are many... | |
| Alfred Peter Hillier - Indigenous peoples - 1900 - 342 pages
...uncorrupted by Hottentot clicks, is euphonious, and has a F certain alliterative concord consisting in the repetition of the same letter or letters at the beginning of many words in the same sentence. The following sentence will illustrate this : — " My sins are many... | |
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