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Specimens of the Russian poets, vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 16 — INTRODUCTION.

John Bowring translation

This letter, which is also a terminal, gives to the consonant that precedes it the sound which the French call mouillé, as in aille, agneau; like gn or gl in Italian; in Spanish the ñ or ll. I have adopted an apostrophe ’ when it is introduced.

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