| 单词 | alliterative |
| 例句 | The girls were allowed to choose their own names from a preapproved list of alliterative options. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My mom once told me that my dad had given me an alliterative name, Wade Watts, because he thought it sounded like the secret identity of a superhero. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Each of his modern Americans speaks, most of the time, in long speeches of alliterative tetrameter, an English form so old as to suggest firelight and the mead-hall. On an alien shore 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z One such way is through his Daily Mail column in which he employs cliché after alliterative cliché in order to comment on the biggest stories of the day. “Grotesque, odious, evil”: Piers Morgan’s “n-word” column provokes firestorm of criticism 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight he displayed his skill in his rendering of the alliterative verse of the 14th century into the same metre in modern English. 'New' JRR Tolkien epic due out next year 2012-10-09T15:49:40Z For ages 3-5: Penelope Pig plans a pajama party in this alliterative tale by a Seattle author/illustrator. NW Books: Fall in love with a canine Cupid 2013-02-04T23:44:52Z Or perhaps the alliterative phrase and its “Alice in Wonderland” adjective allude to contemporary ballet. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z "It is well known that a prominent strain in my father's poetry was his abiding love for the old 'Northern' alliterative verse," said Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien, who has edited the book and provided commentary. 'New' JRR Tolkien epic due out next year 2012-10-09T15:49:40Z This alliterative mantra, at once obvious and wise, reminds writers that they need a somewhere for the drama to unfold, be it a mansion’s foyer or the surface of the moon. A Texas Family’s Struggles Have Mythological Echoes 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z At the Daily News, an awesomely alliterative afternoon: “Llama mama and baby lassoed after lengthy Arizona lam.” The Running of the Llamas 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The Cree-Métis Flett pairs rhythmic alliterative verse about animals at play with repeating silhouettes of frolicking children to celebrate our interconnectedness. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z It may be an alliterative overstatement to say that the nation’s capital is also a kayaking capital. In D.C., Trading Politics for a Paddle 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z “Spielberg’s Struggling ‘Cowboys’ Stumble on Surging ‘Smurfs’” blared the overly alliterative headline over at theWrap.com. ArtsBeat: As Dust Settles, 'Cowboys & Aliens' Shoots Down 'Smurfs' 2011-08-01T20:30:39Z Its tone was very much what you'd expect from that alliterative title: busy, excitable, enthralled with gadgets. The Gizmo Games 2010-10-13T07:00:00Z "Sleepless in Seattle" is also a great title because of those alliterative "S's." The right and wrong ways to name a movie 2011-02-11T14:50:00Z We get plenty of the brothers’ alliterative, vaudevillian-style banter, their verbal volleys at times suggestive of the Beckettian byplay in which Pinter was finely marinated. Theater Review: Pinter Revival, Short on Impact 2011-04-19T14:00:04Z The sounds in the last four lines become particularly evocative and lightly alliterative, with the unromantic "sandwiched" nicely echoed by the expressive Welsh word "cwtched". Poem of the week: Fruition by Rhian Edwards 2012-06-18T11:24:52Z Instead, the thick spectacles, immaculate blue blazer, neat military moustache, and persistently unjudgmental and blandly phrased questions, plus a commentary in alliterative tabloidese, gave him a career that outlasted those of many of his rivals. Alan Whicker, globetrotting TV presenter, dies aged 87 2013-07-12T14:56:37Z The book’s narrator is a school kid named Wade Watts, whose parents at least had the foresight to give him the alliterative name of a superhero. Books of The Times: A Future Wrapped in 1980s Culture 2011-08-14T23:02:57Z By telling their stories — in alliterative, associative prose that can sound a lot like poetry — Mr. Gordon is, of course, telling his own. Review: Recalling an Electric New York in ‘Radicals in Miniature’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Besides its alliterative allure, miso and mushrooms are two umami-heavy flavors that are often employed to uplift any dish. A 30-minute creamy mushroom pasta with a secret ingredient that makes it 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z His clever, literate and perceptive libretto for “Anna Nicole” bops along in rhymed couples, thick with alliterative, everyday profanities. Opera Review: ?Anna Nicole? Reimagined at Covent Garden 2011-02-18T04:59:19Z While the “Calder to O’Keeffe” subtitle juxtaposes two of the more crowd-drawing and alliterative names, their bearers were born only a decade apart. Art Review: ‘American Legends: Calder to O’Keeffe’ at Whitney Museum 2012-12-27T22:56:49Z I am not in the habit of answering persons of Mr. Brown’s culture and I should not do so now were it not for his references to Hopkins’s “bumpy alliterative craft.” Peeved, Irritated and Annoyed: Early Letters to the Editor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Aug. 1: our contest for alliterative headlines. Style Invitational Week 1238: D-E-F Comedy Jam 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z A reasonably restrained Penn favored alliterative praise, calling Maher “a challenging citizen of allegiance” and someone who shows “the searing skepticism of citizenship.” Bill Maher “disgusted” by writers who denounced Charlie Hebdo: “You can’t be a prude at the nudist colony” 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Mother added the “H” when she started the column, for the alliterative effect of “Hints From Heloise”! Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Can a cellphone be charged too much? 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The alliterative linking of menstruation to Mesmer mocks the irrationality of the scientific establishment with regard to both. Poem of the week: The Seventh Art in the Sanatorium by Heather Hartley 2010-11-22T13:27:00Z What Luce was sure about, right from the first, was what Time should be: cogent, compartmentalized, clear and altogether alliterative. Books of The Times: Alan Brinkley Tells Henry Luce?s Story in ?The Publisher? 2010-04-19T21:35:00Z Brandon’s resemblance to another young Kansan of extraterrestrial background, with an alliterative moniker and remarkable abilities, is surely no accident. ‘Brightburn’ Review: What if He Doesn’t Use His Powers for Good? 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z A boy so nondescript we'd forget his name if it wasn't part of the alliterative title. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: a twisted Victorian morality tale 2013-06-26T16:31:07Z On that series, Dr. Smith, as played by Jonathan Harris, was a conniving and campy foil who bickered with the family’s robot and spouted alliterative insults. With ‘Lost in Space,’ Parker Posey Finds an Unlikely Home in Serial TV 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Even at his dissolute worst, his writing is so much more vivid than Lahr's, which is exceptionally fluent when not on an alliterative tear. The shame and glory of Tennessee Williams in John Lahr's new book 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The vocal line captures, but doesn't distort, the poetry's alliterative sensuality, figural details bleeding into the strings' quietly chattering commentaries. Arditti Quartet/Jake Arditti - review 2011-02-06T17:46:12Z All this makes “JFK” less a biography than a love story, about a couple that Mr. Vavrek’s smart libretto calls “too perfect, too alliterative.” ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Last week the lush Vampires Of Venice proved itself a lot more than a cool alliterative device in search of a story. Lost the feeling? 2010-05-13T13:02:00Z But it is the second half, presented as a sequence of extended soliloquies, in which Cartwright taps into the metaphorically rich, alliterative seam of prose poetry for which he's famous. A Christmas Fair – review 2012-12-17T18:04:11Z They are short and alliterative and easily repeated. Huskies Extra: Carry a lamp, not a flashlight (and focus on Boise State) 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Head coach Curt Miller had one alliterative answer for the team’s six-game surge on Tuesday: continuity and chemistry. How the Sparks moved into playoff position, and are now fighting to clinch a spot 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z “It was alliterative. It was descriptive,” he said decades later, “and I liked the contradiction — a flop that could be a success.” Dick Fosbury, whose ‘Fosbury Flop’ revolutionized high jump, dies at 76 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “It’s poetic. It’s alliterative. It’s a conflict,” he once said. ‘Fosbury Flop’ high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z When Biden, Harris and other top administration officials visit Africa next year, as Biden promised at the summit, they can put the alliterative policies into practice. Perspective | Africa summit boasted progress, though differences with U.S. remain 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z In addition to sporting an abundance of alliterative actors with the letter “S” — Sarah Snook! Emmys 2022: Predictions for series and acting nominations 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Over a Wheezy beat that seesaws between digital comet dust and ghosts playing cello, Gunna coaxes his forebears into an alliterative gymnastics routine for the ages. Perspective | The precipitous rise and fall of ‘Pushin P’ 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Away with the alliterative slogans and rations of progress. Perspective | In 2021, women’s sports still provide more outrage than empowerment 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z I mean, gosh, mob mentality isn’t just alliterative, it’s an actual psychological syndrome. Thanks to Hamish Linklater, there's a new hot priest in town 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z In short: How is this — insert your favorite alliterative expletive here — fair? Mask up against deadly new COVID variant 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Molly the Mole, named after, well, an alliterative mole. MudHoney? Sir Digs-A-Lot? Seattle wants your help in naming its next massive tunnel machine 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z As the Democratic tensions burbled to the surface in the final hours before the bill’s passage, Andres took to Twitter to emphasize the Republicans’ favored alliterative message — that the Democrats were in disarray. Narrow relief bill victory provides warning signs for broader Democratic agenda 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z "Casino capitalism" is a nice alliterative phrase, but it is a complete oversimplification. Financial author William Cohan on how Trump can make billions — and save himself one more time 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z And, like the old name, fans want an apt alliterative approach. (E)asy does it: Edmonton’s CFL team mulls name choices 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z In the alliterative devices of the last stanza, though, the poem is also a reminder of the Old English riddle, not at all a children’s genre. Poem of the week: Under the Light, yet under by Emily Dickinson 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Jack Thompson, the first with the alliterative nickname, said he's glad he's already part of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. DJ Uiagalelei latest rising QB star with Polynesian heritage 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Jack Thompson, the first with the alliterative nickname, said he’s glad he’s already part of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. DJ Uiagalelei latest rising QB star with Polynesian heritage 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z This also applies to all aforementioned schlager hits: their melodies, coupled with their repetitive and alliterative lyrics create a pleasant cycle of repetition and emotions rooted in escapism. Ja Ja Ding Dong! How schlager found its joyful place in the pop camp 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z “We are not going to stop until Republicans don’t even want to run candidates here,” said McAdams, 54, a molecular geneticist turned singer-songwriter with a fondness for alliterative phrases. ‘Too blue to bother’: In Iowa, suburban Democrats are trying to stage a political takeover 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Johnson’s misstep led to aggressively alliterative headlines in the tabloids, like this one from the Mirror: “Boris’ bonkers ‘bung a bob for Big Ben Brexit bongs’ bid bombs.” How to mark Brexit Day? Boris Johnson is searching for the right tone. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The mistake I made was using “onomatopeiac” in reference to “Knitted Northern” when I meant “alliterative.” Perspective | This McLean used book sale turns 50 this year. It features very D.C. titles. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The jogger was christened - in the alliterative way of the internet - "Jogger Joe". What happened after a jogger trashed a homeless man's camp 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z It was the alliterative mantra designed to put Major League Soccer on the road to prosperity: soccer-specific stadium. Why Chicago Fire plan to pay $60m to move back to an NFL stadium 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z As a child, I can remember the feverish excitement with which the media spoke of Jamaican-born British sprinter Linford Christie’s lunchbox, an alliterative euphemism designed to provoke elbow nudges, winks and grins from white society. Smooth, angry, cool, powerful: how we talk about blackness 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Not to get all alliterative about it, but “Woman at War” is something wonderful. Review: ‘Woman at War’ is wall-to-wall wacky, and wonderful 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The president’s on an alliterative high, talking about rejecting the “politics of revenge, resistance and retribution.” The Meaning of the Scene: When Pelosi Clapped at Trump 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z According to the alliterative duo, money that wasn’t spent on repurchasing shares “to further enrich the wealthy few” could otherwise be deployed into higher wages or be reinvested in the business. A lesson for the Democratic left from Adam Smith 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The twee, alliterative duo sound like affected comfort foods, which belies the intricacies that define Phan’s cooking. Review: At Porridge + Puffs, rice is Minh Phan's canvas for sophisticated self-expression 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Republicans and the president prefer the more alliterative moniker “Schumer Shutdown.” As shutdown lingers into new year, blame game intensifies 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z He defends the quarterback’s alliterative and bouncy name as another character mispronounces it before suggesting Jaguars games are broadcast only in the “bad place” — or what the show refers to as hell. Blake Bortles was the punchline for an NBC comedy. Now he has Jaguars in a ‘Good Place.’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Emezi’s lyrical writing, her alliterative and symmetrical prose, explores the deep questions of otherness, of a single heart and soul hovering between, the gates open, fighting for peace. A dazzling, devastating novel: 'Freshwater' by Akwaeke Emezi 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Trump even provided the alliterative title — "Fire and Fury" — for the book that has roiled Washington and the nation. Best-selling book on chaos of Trump's first year is itself the product of that dysfunction – LA Times 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Snappy, alliterative, essentially true — President Trump had coined another one. Band of the Insulted: The Nicknames of Trump’s Adversaries 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Even their fictional names seem alliterative of those of their actual counterparts. ‘Junk’ Mines the Milken Era for Truths That Resonate Now 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Now he’s using the alliterative phrases that are speechwriters’ earwigs, as in calling for “a renewal of will, a rediscovery of resolve and a rebirth of devotion.” Opinion | The most surprising thing about Trump’s U.N. speech 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z His material, in fact, was very good — smart, literate, alliterative, rhythmic — and he handled it comfortably and with some evident relish. Adam West: Batman Forever 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z “LABOR OF LOVE” is an interesting little idiom: nicely alliterative, sure, but perhaps a tad clichéd and sometimes, you sense, possibly not exactly literal. DIY: A couple pour their hearts — and considerable skills — into a highly personal and frugal remodel 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “Repeal and replace” is alliterative, after all: it sounds nice enough on an arena stage. Trump tried to burn down Obamacare. He set his hair on fire instead | Ross Barkan 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z That the word ‘English’ is preceded in the name of the library project by the word ‘evolving’ is no empty alliterative affectation. Not just dwingey chimbles: dialects are alive and kicking 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Maybe Dennett, with his catchy alliterative phrases, is just trying to promote the survival of his own mental offspring. Opinion | How come we have a mind? And how can we even ask or answer this question? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Many countries settle for just an alliterative adjective: Brilliant Barbados, Epic Estonia, Incredible India, Remarkable Rwanda and, at the alliterative apex, Pristine Paradise Palau. Brilliant! Pristine! Countries Sling Epic Tourism Slogans! 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z It began with Chad Cordero, who is a convenient point of origin for a curse like that, for reasons both historical and alliterative. The Nationals’ never-ending quest for a closer might have to end in house 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z There are poems, serialized stories, colored illustrations, a disquisition on the word “But,” and the highly alliterative “Musings on Milk.” How You Can Read the Magazine That Lewis Carroll Produced as a Teenager 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Obviously, these antithetical attitudes were also apparent in the opposing organs’ alliterative editorials. Smirk or Smile? The New York Tabloids Disagree About Trump 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Dennett loves to organize his ideas with alliterative slogans: design without designers, competence without comprehension, and reasons without reasoners are among his favorites. Opinion | How come we have a mind? And how can we even ask or answer this question? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The Trio for Rio, the alliterative sisters call themselves as they prepare to run the women’s marathon in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 14. The Trio for Rio 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “No peace, no...,” their chant goes, using an alliterative synonym for a part of the female anatomy. 'Chi-Raq': Spike Lee tries to change the gun debate, with comedy and anatomy 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The words have a playful, alliterative rhythm to them. How ‘baby boomers’ took over the world 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Those numbers support our alliterative terminology, but it’s not true that everybody leaves for the summer while a few of us stick around to keep the lights on in the capital. How not to be so shocked by September 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z One way to conceptualize and remember this universe of needs is with an alliterative summary – The Four M's: Mission, Momentum, Money and Mentorship. Here's What Veterans Want in Their Civilian Careers 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z While the EU has an impressively alliterative “farm to fork” strategy, for instance, regulating each link in the food chain, Americans pump their cattle and pigs with growth-promoting hormones banned in the EU. What is TTIP and why should we be angry about it? 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z This alliterative line was a speechwriter’s gem but largely untrue. Clinton and Bush should embrace their brands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The answer is obvious—Feminism’s future must be proud, positive, powerful, perseverant, and, wherever possible, alliterative. Miss Piggy: Why I Am a Feminist Pig 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z In one alliterative outburst, she describes her decision to play in Sweden as “an Existential Experience Exploring the Errors of my Earlier Existence.” USWNT's Christen Press interview: 'I lost everything but learned to love myself' 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z If the presidency goes to the most alliterative candidate, Huckabee wins. Mike Huckabee’s appalling crusade 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Paul took the stage at his campaign kickoff event today in a hotel ballroom in Louisville, Kentucky to the enthusiastic and alliterative cheers of President Paul!” Rand Paul: All You Need to Know 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z He became known as Minnie Minoso, gaining an alliterative nickname and using the surname of a half brother who had also played baseball in Cuba. Minnie Minoso, Treasured White Sox Ballplayer, Is Dead 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The search for an alliterative way to describe the Kings' late and wild comeback against Nashville screeched to an abrupt halt in overtime. Kings' wild comeback against Predators doesn't lead to victory 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Of course, Burgess Meredith shines as Penguin packing a powerful punch of alliterative phrasing. ZADZOOKS: Batman: The Complete Television Series – Limited Edition review 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z In less alliterative terms, male hummingbirds are using their bills to sword fight, often stabbing their rivals in the throat, researchers reported online on 18 October in Behavioral Ecology. Video: En garde! Hummingbirds sword fight with their bills 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Uber: the nifty new conveyance, abruptly associated with an alliterative plague. Ebola in New York: Feel O.K.? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z For those astounding feats Nurmi, a native of Turku, Finland’s oldest city, earned one of sport’s most enduring alliterative sobriquets: the Flying Finn. How Angry Birds and Flying Finns Led to a U.S. Massacre in Basketball’s World Cup An alliterative approach was appreciated, and "Century Congestion" became "Century Crunch." 'Century Crunch': So far, so good on 2nd day of LAX traffic rerouting 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z With more than 3,000 alliterative lines written in Old English, many competent literary fans would consider it a struggle. Google's T&Cs Should Be More 50 Shades Of Grey And Less Beowulf 2013-10-20T13:19:00Z Even the savviest handicappers are used to being humbled, sometimes bested by know-nothings who made selections based on a lucky number or an alliterative name. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z Other alliterative signs also highlight that the brand uses domestic ingredients, including a beagle who wants chicken from Charleston and a Weimaraner who wants beef from Boise. Advertising: Freshpet Dog Food Promotes Products Sourced in the U.S. 2013-06-14T02:20:16Z But once the press supplied nomenclature, and alliterative at that, they became a thing, and things are always good. The Joy of Six: League Cup goals 2013-02-22T12:53:42Z At Villa Park he built a competitive and talented young side who were dubbed, given the fad for alliterative nicknames such as Drake's Ducklings and the Busby Babes, the Mercer Minors. The forgotten story of … England under Joe Mercer 2012-10-11T11:18:54Z That’s an alliterative way of saying that the video streams of different users are woven together in a simultaneous presentation. Streamweaver Is The First Social Mobile Video App With Split-Screen Synchronicity 2012-09-26T07:40:28Z The most intriguing dimension of the alliterative Romney-Ryan partnership is the unmistakable sense that the two men thoroughly enjoy each other’s company. Reporter’s Notebook: Romney and Ryan Share Easy Chemistry on Trail 2012-08-13T17:08:55Z This alliterative homily of the thirteenth century is startlingly different from the two other contemporary works in middle English, with which its subject would cause it to be compared. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The extra $1.22 added on helps to create an alliterative vibe. Carnegie Deli Debuts 'Jetbow' Sandwich for Tebow's N.Y. Arrival 2012-03-27T17:36:29Z Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I could no longer think in alliterative sentences. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z They are only alliterative adjectives, Mr. Chase, rather indiscriminately applied. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Between Congress, Kossuth, and Christmas—an alliterative trio of topic—we hardly know where to find the handle of a single other moving hammer of gossip. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z She placed her news at the disposal of an enterprising evening journal, whose bills that very same evening came out with startling and alliterative headlines such as: Love Laughs at Lions! Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z The artistic records of the past literally teem with sorrowful instances of their close relationship; and unfortunately the alliterative connection is by no means unknown in the present day. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Every alliterative couplet had two accented syllables, containing the same initial consonants, one in each of the two sections.—v.i. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z This alliterative epic—for epic it may be called—is the one poem of this age in which the Christian tradition has been adapted to German poetic needs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z This alliterative verse, which has a history of more than a thousand years, is one of the things that are carried over in some mysterious way from the Anglo-Saxon to the later medieval period. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z “Ida,” I said, “your language is alliterative, but hardly grammatical.” In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z It is accented and alliterative, like all Anglo-Saxon poetry, and marks the beginning of Eng. poetry. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z But old Savage hailed from silly Suffolk, and all his life he had belied his surname, but never the alliterative libel on his native country. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z "Making a mummy of me, Madcap!" was the alliterative comment Mr. Kirke usually made when the process was finished. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z There is a gap in the record of alliterative poetry which shows plainly that much has been lost. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z His uncontaminated mind returned to or continued the Anglo-Saxon alliterative metre and unrhymed verse; he trusted its cadence to the ear, scorning the subjection of rhyme. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Its alliterative jingle had probably commended Dairy Dingle to Marcia Maurice when she selected a name for the new home of the overseer, Robert Mitchell. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The "Klan" followed because these youthful students of Greek had an ear for the alliterative. Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order. 2011-04-28T02:00:15.077Z Rochester authorities say the three girls murdered there in the 1970s, all ages 10 or 11, also had alliterative names and one, Carmen Colon, even shared the same name as one of the California victims. Accused California serial killer investigated in New York 2011-04-15T00:02:20Z About 1200 the alliterative verse, though it has still something of its original character, is terribly broken down. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z It consists of thirty-three pieces, written in alliterative verse, and comprising epic tales of the Scandinavian gods and goddesses, and narratives dealing with the Scandinavian heroes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z All this is curious enough; but the important point is that it probably gives us the clue to the enigmatic alliterative system of the Bantu languages as explained in Ethnology, p. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z “Quaking qualms would have been better,” put in Tenafly Paterson, who judged poetry from an alliterative point of view. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z The Icelandic epics seem to have been shorter and more episodical in character than the lost Teutonic specimens; both kinds were written in alliterative verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z What is the explanation of this revival, and this sudden great vogue of alliterative poetry? Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Even the middle-English impassioned alliterative prose poem, The Wooing of Our Lord, of the thirteenth century, does not differ much from Anglo-Saxon verse. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z A. Words of the same root are alliterative. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z “Quaking qualms might be more alliterative, but sleekish qualms is less commonplace.” The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z Its metre was the alliterative long line, the lax rhythm of which shows that it was intended, not to be sung to regular melodies, but to be recited—probably with some kind of instrumental accompaniment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z But even this found its way into English by means of a French translation; the Brut of Layamon, a long poem in irregular alliterative verse, is adapted from a French rhyming translation of Geoffrey’s History. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Dr. Guest adds that in his opinion this rhythmical prose was one of the instruments in breaking up the alliterative system of the Anglo-Saxons. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z This alliterative binding is a very frequent one; cf. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z Bailey: the alliterative sobriquet clung to him, just as did some of those too glib pejorative adjectives, such as boring, cussed, aloof, pompous and mercenary. Trevor Bailey obituary 2011-02-10T18:47:48Z Its metre seems to be a degenerate survival of the Old English alliterative line, gradually modified in the course of the work by assimilation to the regular syllabic measure of the French original. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z An example of this effort is the alliterative romance of William and the Werwolf, a work which does not fulfil the promise of its title in any satisfactory way. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The melodies of this earliest Icelandic verse, elaborate in their extreme and severe simplicity, are wholly rhythmical and alliterative, and return upon themselves like a solemn incantation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z B. Relations in which alliterative words stand to each other according to their meaning. a. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z It's Geek Girl, not Geek Woman, it's alliterative and it's meant to be fun. Girl Geeks 2010-05-07T08:31:00Z It is written, like all old Teutonic work of the kind, in alliterative unrhymed rhythm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z What is popular in Middle English literature is just as much French as English; while, on the other hand, what is native, like the alliterative verse, is as often as not used for ambitious works. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z He drew laughs from the crowd as he slipped into alliterative high gear and rolled his R’s to denounce the authority’s “myriad menagerie of mechanical marvels.” NYC: A Transit Plan Brings Hoots and Hate 2010-03-05T02:20:00Z C. The grammatical relations in which the alliterative words stand to each other. a. Torrent of Portyngale 2011-02-11T03:00:28.940Z The force of the antithesis is increased if the words on which the beat of the contrast falls are alliterative, or otherwise similar in sound, as—“The fairest but the falsest of her sex.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The dates of the numerous alliterative romances in this dialect have not been determined with exactness, as all survive in later copies, but it is probable that some of them were written before 1300. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The Wars of Alexander is the least distinguished of the group; there was another alliterative story of Alexander, of which only fragments remain. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z In the fourth line of verse 2, the alliterative piteous parting of MSS. Erthe Upon Erthe I believe they said that "Dorian Gray" was poisonous, and I thought that, on alliterative grounds, it would be kind to remind them that, however that may be, it is at any rate perfect. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" In the alliterative lay in the Lacnunga the opening lines describe the war between Woden and the Serpent. The Old English Herbals About the middle of the 14th century, the Old English alliterative long line, which for centuries had been used only in unwritten minstrel poetry, emerges again in literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The alliterative poetry is almost always stronger than the tales in rhyme, written with more zest, not so much in danger of droning and sleepiness as the school of Sir Thopas undoubtedly is. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z It is difficult here to decide between piteous xxiii and hard, but the preference should probably rest with the alliterative phrase. Erthe Upon Erthe The short prayer ascribed to Ninine or to Fiacc is a highly alliterative piece without rhyme, the date of which cannot be fixed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" In the alliterative lay of the nine healing herbs this is very conspicuous. The Old English Herbals The later development of alliterative poetry belongs mainly to the age of Chaucer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z They had the alliterative verse, and, again, the use of the rime couée—Sir Thopas verse—was certainly due to a wish for variety. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Simple alliterative lines in more or less strict adherence to the old rules. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History We have seen that there is some reason for believing that the primitive form of Irish verse was a kind of rhythmical alliterative prose as contained in the oldest versions of the sagas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" It is one of the nine sacred herbs in the alliterative lay in the Lacnunga, and the epithets “mother of worts” and “open from eastwards” are applied to it. The Old English Herbals He came of a good stock, for thus runs his father's funeral inscription, in five alliterative German rhymes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Two years later, the poem, for which he had chosen the alliterative style of the Edda as the only suitable form, was given to his friends, and in 1863 to the world. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians Piers the Plowman represents the revival of the alliterative long line, with fairly strict adherence to the old rules, by contemporaries of Chaucer, in the fourteenth century. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History This piece, which is not extant in its integrity, was probably intended as artificial alliterative prose, but, as we have it, it is a medley of isolated phrases and irrelevant comment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" A broadside entitled Davy Dycars Dreame, a short and seemingly alliterative poem in the manner of Piers Plowman, brought him into trouble with the privy council, but he was dismissed with a reprimand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" It will be found that the alliterative 129 principle does not operate mechanically, but that the poet employs it for the purpose of emphasizing the words that are really most important. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary Except for the subtlest distinctions between the types of half verse, strict Old English rules for the alliterative meter have been adhered to. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose The following specimen is one of the latest examples of fairly regular alliterative verse, written in England, that has come down to us. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History This we know from their language, in which a Gospel Harmony, in alliterative metre, a fragmentary translation of the Psalms, and a heroic rhapsody called Hildubrant and Hathubrant have come down to us. The Ethnology of the British Islands The accounts of the W. Midland alliterative poetry, of the development of prose, and the work of the poet Gower, are specially good. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) This circumstance afforded material to the editor of the Mail, Mr Edward Farrer, for an amusing article, bearing the alliterative title, 'The Murderer's Midnight Mizzle, or the Ruffian's Race for Rimouski.' The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion In another moment he was swinging aloft with his two fellow-performers, in "death-defying dives," and other alliterative acts set down on the show bills. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer This style of ingratiating one's self with an editor is as much a bygone as an alliterative pen-name. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Here, as I expected, I found an alliterative translation of the phase in question "For they are fare as they were lunaticke, and not love-sicke." Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc It is the name of an old Saxon poem, in alliterative metre, of the tenth or eleventh century, in the dialect supposed to have belonged to the parts about Essen, Cleves, and Munster in Westphalia. A Handbook of the English Language In early alliterative poetry it is especially used antithetically with "bliss." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The measure adopted is the unrhymed alliterative, characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon literature, and which had long been disused, but which retained its hold on the affections of the common people, who were of Anglo-Saxon stock. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The Song of Hildebrand and his son Hadubrand,—in alliterative metre. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Let your alliterative motto be: With the glass, not the gun. Our Bird Comrades An alliterative saying of those who are very much fatigued. The Proverbs of Scotland J. M. B. quotes two others from the Doctor; one for the purpose, as would appear by his marking the words, to illustrate the alliterative principle. Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 The translation is in alliterative measures, called by the translator imitative of the Old English. The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography The Heliand, or the Saviour,—old Saxon poem, in alliterative metre. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities The chances were even that the alliterative temptation of "Bud Burwell" would tack the label upon him for life. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Lines of an alliterative character will occur to anyone who has read much poetry. Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 The light rippling melody of this stanza is due, in considerable measure, to its fine alliterative structure. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Phrases have great power when they are antithetical or alliterative. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals It must be alliterative, antithetical, or, still better, paradoxical. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Read this stanza and the succeeding one aloud, and see how much easier it is to read these alliterative lines rapidly than it is any of the other six lines. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 The forms of words embodied in charms and incantations were originally intended to be sung, and usually contained some rhyme, jingle, or alliterative verses. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Latimer, for example, delighted in alliterative turns of speech, though the antithetical mannerisms are absent in him. John Lyly In 1844 the alliterative watchword "Fifty-four forty or fight" nearly provoked a war. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The fourteenth century is the last in which alliterative verse really flourished, though it survived even beyond the Renaissance. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance "Vin et Vénus" she had always been accustomed to see worshipped together, as became their alliterative; it was a bit of fun—that was all. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida His poem is called the Vision of Piers the Plowman; and it is the last long poem in our literature that was written in Old English alliterative rhyme. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 That the first stylists should look to the rhetoricians for their models was inevitable, and of these there were two kinds available; the classical orators and the alliterative homilies of the Early English. John Lyly That this would not affect the chansons themselves is true enough; for there are no relics of any alliterative prosody in French, and its accentual scanning is only the naturally "crumbled" quantity of Latin. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The poem consists of 3,183 long lines of alliterative verse, divided into 41 sections; it is not quite equal in length to a third of the Æneid. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Did Lyly not grow wearied of perpetually riding these alliterative trick-ponies? The Bibliotaph and Other People The poem consists of 3184 lines, the rhymes of which are solely alliterative. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 We may see them in the style of Johnson and Gibbon, while alliterative antithesis reappears to-day in the shape of the epigram. John Lyly The verse is still alliterative, still destitute of any fixed number of syllables or syllabic equivalents. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The text has been published, e.g., by R. Morris: "Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight, an alliterative romance poem," London, Early English Text Society, 1864, 8vo. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Lyly would sometimes translate a proverb; he does not tell us that fine words butter no parsnips, but says, ‘Fair words fat few,’—which is delightfully alliterative, but hardly to be accounted an improvement. The Bibliotaph and Other People At least three words in each long line were alliterative—two in the first half, and one in the second. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 The best known alliterative poem in English is the following:— An Austrian army, awfully arrayed, Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 They allow themselves the syllabic licence of alliterative verse proper, though there is even less alliteration than in Havelok, and they vary from five to eight syllables, though five and six are the commonest. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Both are in alliterative verse; the first composed about the end, and the second about the middle, of the fourteenth century. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The alliterative verse is applied in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to every kind of subject except those of Germanic tradition. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature "No Song, No Supper" is pleasantly alliterative, but is not of universal application. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892 I'll tell you, Brice," she said, the first thing, "you must have it that they have been engaged, and you can call the play 'The Second Chapter,' or something more alliterative. The Story of a Play A Novel The alliterative accentual verse of indefinite length is obviously unsuited for all the lighter, and for some of the more serious, purposes of verse. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) He called it the Cinderella Cotillion Coterie, in alliterative compliment to the daintiness of the ladies. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Any page of the Anglo-Saxon poets, and of the "Elder Edda," will show the difference between the "continuous" and the "discrete"—the Western and the Northern—modes of the alliterative verse. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The similarity of the first and last word of the title is attributable to the fondness of the Arabs for alliterative or rhyming titles. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature This line, like several of the adjacent ones, is alliterative. Milton's Comus It is, however, much interspersed also with verses which, like Icelandic verse in general, are alliterative in prosody, and often of the extremest euphuism and extravagance in phrase. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) He was once dubbed, by a person more alliterative than observant, 'a frail, flitting figure with a fly-flap.' The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad In the early Teutonic poetry there is no distinction of versification, vocabulary, or rhetoric between the original and the secondary narrative poems; the alliterative verse belongs to both kinds equally. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature He has not been tempted to leave the true path and court singularity, whether in the shape of Browning's verbal puzzles or of Swinburne's luscious and alliterative turgidness. Platform Monologues "Two in particular, an alliterative couple, Family and Furniture." The Mayor of Warwick It is undoubtedly genuine; and the critics of Gaelic verse are unanimous in ascribing to it every excellence which can belong either to alliterative art, or musical excitement. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The power of alliterative harmony in the original song is extraordinary. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The alliterative poetry down to its last days has a vocabulary different from that of prose, and much richer. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The poem is remarkable for being without rhythm, but alliterative, such as was common in the neighbouring district of Wales. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour The poet asks her if she is Venus, or Helen, or Deirdre, and describes her beauty in torrents of alliterative adjectives. Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Avoid baldly alliterative titles, such as "The Deepening of Desolation," "Elizabeth's Elopement," and "Tom Truxton's Trust." Writing the Photoplay She opened the souvenir, and looked idly at the small, exquisitely fine steel engravings, the alliterative verses, the tales of sentiment beginning with long preambles couched in choicest English. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel But while this poem of Flodden corresponds in its subject to the poem of Maldon, there is no such likeness between any other late alliterative poem and the older poems of the older language. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The alliterative metre of the earlier verse is still only slightly affected by riming terminations; the similes are the few natural similes of C�dmon; the battle-scenes are painted with the same rough, simple joy. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 But the alliteration and parallelism do not run quite side by side, the second half of each alliterative couplet being parallel with the first half of the next couplet. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Had not the three elements mentioned in the title, "Sun, Sand and Solitude," practically made the story possible, it would never have been used; even so, it is really too alliterative. Writing the Photoplay This was the first alliterative combination to pop into his optimistic mind. The Day of Days An Extravaganza But the older poems in alliterative verse have a character not possessed by the ballads which followed them, and which often repeated the same stories in the later Middle Ages. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The spirited romance generally known as the alliterative Morte Arthure must also belong here, though the MS. itself is of later date. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day It consists of a long Scriptural paraphrase, written in the alliterative metre, short, sharp, and decisive, but not without a wild and passionate beauty of its own. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain In the first place, no metrical Page 137form has yet been found which, in the writer's judgment, at all adequately represents in modern English the effect of the Old English alliterative verse, or stave-rime. Genesis A Translated from the Old English I venture to suggest that this is simply one of the large class of alliterative proverbs so common in every language, and often without meaning. Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850 The alliterative verse, wherever it is found, declares itself as belonging to an elaborate poetical tradition. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature Although for the most part written in prose, the annals of several years are given in the alliterative Saxon verse. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The following rough translation of a very early Teutonic spell for the cure of a sprained ankle, belonging to the heathen period, will illustrate the earliest form of this alliterative verse. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Her nom de plume, which she says she has never been able to drop, was only one of the many alliterative names adopted at that time. Memories and Anecdotes And Mr. Jones, like some wiser people, was the more pleased with his formula that it had an alliterative sound. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Generally, however, the Teutonic freedom and rebellious spirit is found as unmistakably in the Chansons de Geste as in the alliterative poems. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The language and the alliterative feature are similar to those of the Vision; and the invective is against the clergy, and especially against the monks and friars. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction But Cædmon conceived the notion of paraphrasing the Bible story in the old alliterative Teutonic verse, which was familiar to his hearers in songs like Beowulf. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain The composer has used the free instead of the alliterative form of verse, which he then contended was best adapted to musical setting. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers Fancy the alliterative littleness of a “Stephens” and a “Selby,” as the tools from which the drama must receive its glorious resuscitation! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 The following are the extant poems on native heroic themes, written in one or other of the dialects of the Teutonic group, and in unrhymed alliterative measures. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature At intervals the reader is treated with a sprinkling of alliterative sentences. Life in a Thousand Worlds He must have thought himself vastly clever with his alliterative epigram. Jaffery Such was the unsympathetic, alliterative heading of the malicious statement which appeared in an opposition organ. Unleavened Bread Of the special Gawain cycle or sub-cycle we have two romances in pure metrical form, and more than two in alliterative, which are above the average in interest. The English Novel The alliterative line is rhetorically capable of a great amount of emphasis; it lends itself as readily as the "drumming decasyllabon" of the Elizabethan style to pompous declamation. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The so-called rhetorics are omitted in translating; they are passages known in Irish as rosc, often partly alliterative, but not measured. The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic Not only must the verse be trochaic, it must also be alliterative, and it must also be, to some extent, rhymed verse—a matter which Longfellow did not take into consideration. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn "Are you the gentleman with the alliterative cognomen?" The Range Dwellers For alliterative advertisement it may be useful; e.g., Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 5, 1891 The style of alliterative verse is not monotonous. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature I believe they said that Dorian Gray was poisonous, and I thought that, on alliterative grounds, it would be kind to remind them that, however that may be, it is at any rate perfect. Miscellanies Beneath this light alliterative style, which delights the literary reader, do we find the truth? Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic The alliterative proverbs and maxims of the Talmud and Midrash are less easily illustrated. Chapters on Jewish Literature Does not the variation "cobbler's dog" tend to prove the alliterative principle for which I had been contending? Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 Of the heroic poetry in the Teutonic alliterative verse, the history must be largely conjectural. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature It is divided into nine dreams, and is in the unrhymed, alliterative, first English manner. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature A contrast between liberty and licence is a pleasant alliterative commonplace beloved by political writers, especially those with a reactionary bias. War-Time Financial Problems In various measures of alliterative and assonant verse they sing the praises of ninety of the fallen chiefs, usually giving one stanza to each hero. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 They seem to proceed simply on the alliterative principle mentioned by J.M.B. Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 Herford, on the other hand, while having recourse to Chancer's influence to explain Spenser's anomalies, regards the metre in question as derived from the old alliterative line. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England He was a writer of alliterative verse, referred to by Andrew of Wyntoun. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature He wrote a large number of treatises and poems, both in Latin and English, lyrical songs and alliterative homilies, burning spiritual rhapsodies and sound practical sermons, all of which were widely known and read. Mysticism in English Literature As regards SWINBURNE'S conduct of The British Weekly, it is enough to point to such alliterative and melodious combinations as "Rambling Remarks" and "Claudius Clear." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 Letters from a life insurance agent to his lady-love—interesting, you know, and alliterative. Where There's a Will An alliterative couplet too was made upon him to that import:— "By butchers born, by bishops bred, How high his honour holds his haughty head." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 The poem is in the old English unrhymed, alliterative verse, and "marks the revival of the English mind and spirit." A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature By similar strain of alliterative classification, Mrs. Schum's boarding house might have been indexed as Middle West, middle class, medium price, and meager of meal. Star-Dust Only I like alliterative names," she went on, "all except mine. The Beautiful and Damned Cancel the whole of that, if you please, reader—or rather let it stand, and draw thence a moral—an alliterative, text-hand copy— Day-dreams are delusions of the demon. Villette Other peculiarities of Bracciolini's not shared by Tacitus: Two words terminating alike following two others with like terminations; prefixes that have no meaning; and playing on a single letter for alliterative purposes. Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century But masters of alliterative effects, like Keats, Tennyson and Verlaine, constantly employ alliteration in unaccented syllables so as to color the tone-quality of a line without a too obvious assault upon the ear. A Study of Poetry The alliterative metres and the strained and figurative diction common to the Anglo-Saxon poets was common to the Northmen, and seems to have been derived from them. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities I put it into three words, which, for the sake of being easily remembered, I cast into an alliterative form: approach Christ, appropriate Christ, adhere to Christ. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV There are alliterative sentences for all the letters of the alphabet, and many others more or less alliterative, while the humorous papers contain many exaggerated examples of this sort of thing. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day The meter, also, is interesting—the Anglo-Saxon unrimed alliterative verse, but divided into long stanzas of irregular length, each ending in a 'bob' of five short riming lines. A History of English Literature It should be noticed that the poem employs the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter. Halleck's New English Literature The entire poem is in strongly accented, alliterative lines, something like Beowulf, and its immense popularity shows that the common people still cherished this easily memorized form of Saxon poetry. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World In other instances the texts consist of alliterative prose, which proves its earlier metrical form. Norwegian Life All through the smudged 'copy,' which you threw away, there run alliterative lines, 'Stupendous Scientific Sensation,' 'Veritable Visitor Void' and finally 'Marvelous Man-l—Monster.' Average Jones Who ever shuddered with bitter alliterative kisses before Swinburne, and who has failed to do so since? Without Prejudice "Morris marry Mary," he repeated, dwelling on the alliterative words as though to convince himself that he had heard them aright. Stella Fregelius You are alliterative, Jerningham," said the Duke; "and that is a proof you are poetical. Peveril of the Peak Three of the accented syllables, generally two in the first half and one in the second half of the line, were alliterative. English Literature for Boys and Girls Henry employs an alliterative head writer on the Beacon, and we wondered whether he had decided to use "Wichita Weeps," or "State Stands Sorrowing." The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Is it because the new journalism is so imaginative and emotional that it throws off alliterative phrases as naturally and unconsciously as Whittier confesses he did in writing "The Wreck of Rivermouth"? Without Prejudice Indeed, since Proust's death last year the two have frequently been compared, and on more than the mere alliterative ground that is in their names. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter Nothing takes the Oriental mind so much as a retort alliterative or jingling. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Two hundred years later, when The Vision of Piers the Ploughman was first printed, the printer in his preface explained alliterative verse very well. English Literature for Boys and Girls "For I am not the first who found The name of Mary fatal!" says a subsequent sentimental alliterative love-poem of Diaper's. Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete "Lady Bridget in the Bush" would be more alliterative and catching. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life When you say "sirens and siphons" you come near to estimating the alliterative atmosphere of André's. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million "Vin et Venus" she had always been accustomed to see worshiped together, as became their alliterative; it was a bit of fun—that was all. Under Two Flags Although people had, for many years, been writing rhyming verse, Langland has, you see, gone back to the old alliterative poetry. English Literature for Boys and Girls The rules of alliterative poetry and the study of Welsh literature and history, and sometimes of more general knowledge, take the place of the study of Jewish history, and psalm, and gospel. Short History of Wales Miss Celestina Howard, second leader in the ballet at the Varieties, had, with great alliterative directness, in after-years, denominated her as an "aquiline asp." Tales of the Argonauts A German poet, noticing waters coming down as Southey describes, somewhat inexactly, the waters coming down at Lodore, would be too shocked to stop and write alliterative verse about them. Three Men on the Bummel "How alliterative you are!" she said, trying to be flippant. The Man in Lower Ten I have somewhere seen a volume with the alliterative title of "Poets of Portsmouth," in which are embalmed no fewer than sixty immortals! An Old Town By the Sea "Oh, blast your—" began the Squire, and then replaced the more apt and alliterative word "Bible" by the general word "superstition." The Trees of Pride They are partly heroic, partly mythological in character, and are written in alliterative strophes interspersed with prose, and have the form of dialogues. The Nibelungenlied But he could appreciate the charm of the Cynghanedd, the alliterative assonance which is still the most distinctive feature of Welsh poetry. The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales The foreign newer metres took the place of the old alliterative English verse. A Collection of Ballads |
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