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Thread #58190 Message #3290393
Posted By: MGM·Lion
14-Jan-12 - 01:14 AM
Thread Name: Info Req: Now is the Month of Maying
Subject: RE: Info Req: Now is the Month of Maying
The C18 pronunciation of '-ea-' is exemplified by this famous couplet ~~
Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
The Rape of the Lock: (Canto 3) 1712, by Alexander Pope