An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1840 - English language |
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... HUDIBRAS . When applied to prose or poetry , it is simply as composed in the style of ranting [ fustian ] , declamation , talk ; and in a secondary or meta- phorical sense . TO PAY THE PIPER . To pay for all the rest ; to pay more than ...
... HUDIBRAS . When applied to prose or poetry , it is simply as composed in the style of ranting [ fustian ] , declamation , talk ; and in a secondary or meta- phorical sense . TO PAY THE PIPER . To pay for all the rest ; to pay more than ...
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... HUDIBRAS . A LIBEL . As that by the making public of which , another may suffer , whether true or false . Er lye b'el [ by el ] ; q . e . there is that by which another may suffer ; there is that by which injury may be inflict- ed on ...
... HUDIBRAS . A LIBEL . As that by the making public of which , another may suffer , whether true or false . Er lye b'el [ by el ] ; q . e . there is that by which another may suffer ; there is that by which injury may be inflict- ed on ...
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... Hudibras in haste approached . " KNOWLES . HUDIBRAS . * Begun upon , entered into , not as JOHNSON supposes , let out . " The error that Pison was Gange , was first POPULAR PHRASES . 93 action betokening ardour of desire, appetency, but ...
... Hudibras in haste approached . " KNOWLES . HUDIBRAS . * Begun upon , entered into , not as JOHNSON supposes , let out . " The error that Pison was Gange , was first POPULAR PHRASES . 93 action betokening ardour of desire, appetency, but ...
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... HUDIBRAS . * Took payment , took that which was first paid , not lifted up . If toll was here in the sense of lifting [ of levying ] the ex- pression would be tautological and as lifting the lifted ; but toll is evidently as payment in ...
... HUDIBRAS . * Took payment , took that which was first paid , not lifted up . If toll was here in the sense of lifting [ of levying ] the ex- pression would be tautological and as lifting the lifted ; but toll is evidently as payment in ...
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... HUDIBRAS . DRYDEN . " Touching other places , she may be said to hold them as we should do a wolf by the ears ; nor will I speak now of the CRAZINESS of her title to many of them . " HOWEL'S VOCAL FOREST . WALLS HAVE EARS AND IIEDGES ...
... HUDIBRAS . DRYDEN . " Touching other places , she may be said to hold them as we should do a wolf by the ears ; nor will I speak now of the CRAZINESS of her title to many of them . " HOWEL'S VOCAL FOREST . WALLS HAVE EARS AND IIEDGES ...
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Common terms and phrases
analogous Anglo-Saxon aspirate belongs bend Bije BILDERDIJK bring called CHAUCER chop contracted participle present derives dialect dije dijen direction of sense Doogh Dutch ellipsis etymology evidently explained expression favour fellow female fetch fool formerly spelt French German gode grete grounded groundedly hand head heart heet heeten Hence herte hold hoon HORNE TOOKE horse HUDIBRAS IBID IDEM ijse implying import intermutating Italian JOHNSON says keye labour language Latin literal form maie meaning mede meê metathesis mind nature never original form pain participle past participle present past participle phrase play potential mood præterite pronounce prosopopoeia question quoth regard Saxon schie semid SHAKSPEARE shrewd sounds Spanish spelt by CHAUCER suspect taele tell term thema ther thing thou TITMOUSE travesty trope turn utter verb watir whence Wijse word wote