Read full poem →To tell ’e how I loved ’e?
Ah, now I be in ’ell, I be in ’ell!
And ’a won’t never know.
Dictionary Entry
A measure for cloth. An English ell was 1 1/4 yards (45 inches), whereas a Scottish ell measured only about 37 inches and a Flemish ell was 3/4 yard (27 inches).
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “ell”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
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Aner AUT if ores. OMG A. ell eo ko Pike eee enn Oy
JONATHAN HENDERSON BRooKs
Read full poem →So again, in B 3105, the final _-es_ in _ell-es_ is easily sounded:--
Read full poem →Now the last sumttbner of ell, stem dtiitlii
(Not her«w]i office favoring) calb ahoTe.
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Re ORTOP EWidie cn. eiv.s une 2 ers oO Hn Ua aac ve ell oa. eee Rial
Poe tidy Sane. 6.2.5 ss se EON, See oe ee cn eee Rial