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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... jackdaw ; and thus the trope of a foolish chat- terer . Vente , veyn , corresponds with our fellow in all its imports ; but , in the first form , now only used in relation to some vile and despicable person , as we do the term fellow in ...
... jackdaw ; and thus the trope of a foolish chat- terer . Vente , veyn , corresponds with our fellow in all its imports ; but , in the first form , now only used in relation to some vile and despicable person , as we do the term fellow in ...
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... in his provender : while you , with the milk you get , have a jackdaw [ priest ] to keep into the bargain . The jovial condescending fleecer of the labourer pleads the law of necessity to the village ; and exacts 290 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
... in his provender : while you , with the milk you get , have a jackdaw [ priest ] to keep into the bargain . The jovial condescending fleecer of the labourer pleads the law of necessity to the village ; and exacts 290 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
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... Jackdaw , Jay , a trope of the chat- tering priest . Schell - Hye , Peel - Peasant , trope for the exacting Monk . Schellen , to shell , to strip . Hye , has been repeatedly explained . Goe , as above . Wijsen , to pretend , to make ...
... Jackdaw , Jay , a trope of the chat- tering priest . Schell - Hye , Peel - Peasant , trope for the exacting Monk . Schellen , to shell , to strip . Hye , has been repeatedly explained . Goe , as above . Wijsen , to pretend , to make ...
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... Jackdaw at once hops therein ! Woe , where , there where , then . Keye , idiot , fool , crack- brained ; the trope for the husbandman as the dupe of the priest- hood of those days . Ka , jackdaw , magpie , the type of the chattering ...
... Jackdaw at once hops therein ! Woe , where , there where , then . Keye , idiot , fool , crack- brained ; the trope for the husbandman as the dupe of the priest- hood of those days . Ka , jackdaw , magpie , the type of the chattering ...
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... jackdaw , there he mumbles [ hums , sings out , buzzes in the ear ] to you , this is all raving [ dream- ing , delusion ] . Hemme as the third person singular potential mood hemmen , hummen , to mutter , to buzz . Guyte , villain ...
... jackdaw , there he mumbles [ hums , sings out , buzzes in the ear ] to you , this is all raving [ dream- ing , delusion ] . Hemme as the third person singular potential mood hemmen , hummen , to mutter , to buzz . Guyte , villain ...
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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