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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... brings faner , affanno , vanus , èvanouir , fange [ mud ] , faint , and fen , all out of the verb fynigean , to corrupt , spoil , pass away , turn mouldy [ sour ] , and says , that faint is as the past participle 6 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
... brings faner , affanno , vanus , èvanouir , fange [ mud ] , faint , and fen , all out of the verb fynigean , to corrupt , spoil , pass away , turn mouldy [ sour ] , and says , that faint is as the past participle 6 ARCHEOLOGY OF.
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... [ brings self into every subject he speaks of ] ; he egotizes [ is an egotist ] . To egotize is formed from ego , in an analogous direction of sense . Ick , I , and ego , are one word . The Spanish Kings , exceeding their European col ...
... [ brings self into every subject he speaks of ] ; he egotizes [ is an egotist ] . To egotize is formed from ego , in an analogous direction of sense . Ick , I , and ego , are one word . The Spanish Kings , exceeding their European col ...
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... bring to mind , to commemorate , to recollect , to recall to mind ; and thus , a remembering . T'heim , te heim , privately , in secret , inwardly , invisibly ; and sounds time . Heughe , comes near in utterance to high ; and in the ...
... bring to mind , to commemorate , to recollect , to recall to mind ; and thus , a remembering . T'heim , te heim , privately , in secret , inwardly , invisibly ; and sounds time . Heughe , comes near in utterance to high ; and in the ...
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... brings the word from the Dutch boom ( a tree ) , and sein ( silk ) ; but bombast , if it could be even fished up out of bombycinus by any rule of etymo- logical analogy , does not mean soft , flimsy , or silken discourse , but high ...
... brings the word from the Dutch boom ( a tree ) , and sein ( silk ) ; but bombast , if it could be even fished up out of bombycinus by any rule of etymo- logical analogy , does not mean soft , flimsy , or silken discourse , but high ...
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... brings it out of lampon , as French for a drinking , connected with the popular term lamper , to guzzle ; but in what way is lampoon to be got at through this word , either in meaning or form of letters ? The original phrase is ...
... brings it out of lampon , as French for a drinking , connected with the popular term lamper , to guzzle ; but in what way is lampoon to be got at through this word , either in meaning or form of letters ? The original phrase is ...
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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