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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... schie hott haet erg rouw , end killdt erbied je aen ; q . e . in this case ill - judged roughness of demeanour turns the feeling of those towards whom it is used into hatred , and chills the ardour of good - will and respect for him who ...
... schie hott haet erg rouw , end killdt erbied je aen ; q . e . in this case ill - judged roughness of demeanour turns the feeling of those towards whom it is used into hatred , and chills the ardour of good - will and respect for him who ...
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... Schie hott , sounds shot . OTHER FISH TO FRY . Said of one who neglects that which is useful and important , for concerns and designs which to others appear not only useless , but injurious , and so better left alone . We say , he has ...
... Schie hott , sounds shot . OTHER FISH TO FRY . Said of one who neglects that which is useful and important , for concerns and designs which to others appear not only useless , but injurious , and so better left alone . We say , he has ...
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... schie ` es ; q . e . in whichever direction the caprice of the backbiter may rave to gratify itself , food will always be found for it ; nobody can tell who may be the next object of the back biter's venom ; some one is sure to be a ...
... schie ` es ; q . e . in whichever direction the caprice of the backbiter may rave to gratify itself , food will always be found for it ; nobody can tell who may be the next object of the back biter's venom ; some one is sure to be a ...
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... Schie , schielick , quickly . Es , aes , food ; and schie es , sounds chace . Guyse , sounds goose . TO SET THE THAMES ON FIRE . As when we say , " he is not likely to set the Thames on fire , or he will never set the Thames on fire ...
... Schie , schielick , quickly . Es , aes , food ; and schie es , sounds chace . Guyse , sounds goose . TO SET THE THAMES ON FIRE . As when we say , " he is not likely to set the Thames on fire , or he will never set the Thames on fire ...
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... Schie ka inne ; q . e . the jack - daw quickly presents itself ; the sly mischievous chat- tering personage soon makes his appearance ; the crafty , thieving , tricking , chatter - box is never out of sight in the business in question ...
... Schie ka inne ; q . e . the jack - daw quickly presents itself ; the sly mischievous chat- tering personage soon makes his appearance ; the crafty , thieving , tricking , chatter - box is never out of sight in the business in question ...
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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