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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... favoured the first Volume with their notice , rebukes it for being an illusive , unsatisfactory developement of our PROVERBS ; ignorantly ( I will not suppose intentionally ) mis- tating the expressed object of this ESSAY , in which not ...
... favoured the first Volume with their notice , rebukes it for being an illusive , unsatisfactory developement of our PROVERBS ; ignorantly ( I will not suppose intentionally ) mis- tating the expressed object of this ESSAY , in which not ...
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... favour being there in the person of the granter of the favour asked . Hoon , hone , favour , grace , vote . Bij hone sounds , bone , and so boon was formerly spelt by us . I suspect , the term bonny , q . e . well - favoured , graced ...
... favour being there in the person of the granter of the favour asked . Hoon , hone , favour , grace , vote . Bij hone sounds , bone , and so boon was formerly spelt by us . I suspect , the term bonny , q . e . well - favoured , graced ...
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... favour [ luck ] ; every thing here is mere favour [ luck ] , all that is done by these playthings , is to decide favourably or unfavourably between those who are using them for that purpose . Luck , from the very nature of the word ...
... favour [ luck ] ; every thing here is mere favour [ luck ] , all that is done by these playthings , is to decide favourably or unfavourably between those who are using them for that purpose . Luck , from the very nature of the word ...
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... favour , kind inclination , kindly feeling , as explained in the penultimate article . Aen komen , komen aen , to ... favour being asked or wanted , it left the parties as they were before in relation to each other ! ' Et broke noć by ...
... favour , kind inclination , kindly feeling , as explained in the penultimate article . Aen komen , komen aen , to ... favour being asked or wanted , it left the parties as they were before in relation to each other ! ' Et broke noć by ...
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... term has no other relation to a night - robber , as usually supposed , than that night is the best cover for his purpose ; ut jugulent homi- nes , surgunt de nocte latrones . A BEGGAR . To A desirer of favour in any POPULAR PHRASES . 91.
... term has no other relation to a night - robber , as usually supposed , than that night is the best cover for his purpose ; ut jugulent homi- nes , surgunt de nocte latrones . A BEGGAR . To A desirer of favour in any POPULAR PHRASES . 91.
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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