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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... language else than the inmost reasoning of the heart and understanding combined , and that whereby we are made acquainted with ourselves ? - [ WHAT OTHER SOURCE CAN LANGUAGE HAVE BUT SELF- COMMUNICATION ? ] A NEW EDITION . IN TWO ...
... language else than the inmost reasoning of the heart and understanding combined , and that whereby we are made acquainted with ourselves ? - [ WHAT OTHER SOURCE CAN LANGUAGE HAVE BUT SELF- COMMUNICATION ? ] A NEW EDITION . IN TWO ...
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... that which is perceptible to us in them ; and thus the object of all language is , in fact and essence , limited wholly and solely to ABSTRACTIONS of qualities . INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE SECOND VOLUME . THE present Volume 9264.18.
... that which is perceptible to us in them ; and thus the object of all language is , in fact and essence , limited wholly and solely to ABSTRACTIONS of qualities . INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE SECOND VOLUME . THE present Volume 9264.18.
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... the phrases , accounted for in these pages as travesties , are to be found in equivalent terms in other languages ( especially in the French ) , carrying a same general implication of sense as the travesties do with us .
... the phrases , accounted for in these pages as travesties , are to be found in equivalent terms in other languages ( especially in the French ) , carrying a same general implication of sense as the travesties do with us .
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... , in form of words , no relation in the general sense in which they are used , to the special import , the separate terms convey , in the language where they stand . ERRATA . 66 VOL . 2. p . 238. - INTRODUCTORY NOTICE .
... , in form of words , no relation in the general sense in which they are used , to the special import , the separate terms convey , in the language where they stand . ERRATA . 66 VOL . 2. p . 238. - INTRODUCTORY NOTICE .
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... language for a chaise- percé [ close stool ] ; as if there was another heart or head , but his own , which would devise such an unmanly , beastly , expression for a female , even of that unfortunate and much - to - be - commiserated ...
... language for a chaise- percé [ close stool ] ; as if there was another heart or head , but his own , which would devise such an unmanly , beastly , expression for a female , even of that unfortunate and much - to - be - commiserated ...
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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