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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... turning the back upon friends , abandoning engage- ments , promises , professions , and even patrons , when become powerless . Te reed ' s , is ready , at hand , and sounds trades . TO SEND A MAN TO COVENTRY . As to silence some ...
... turning the back upon friends , abandoning engage- ments , promises , professions , and even patrons , when become powerless . Te reed ' s , is ready , at hand , and sounds trades . TO SEND A MAN TO COVENTRY . As to silence some ...
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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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... turn sour or grow mouldy ; but to become weak , to lose strength , to decrease in power of body , to want force , to be on the wane in vital principle . Besides , how is the indispensable concern of correlative sound to be settled in ...
... turn sour or grow mouldy ; but to become weak , to lose strength , to decrease in power of body , to want force , to be on the wane in vital principle . Besides , how is the indispensable concern of correlative sound to be settled in ...
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... turns the feeling of those towards whom it is used into hatred , and chills the ardour of good - will and respect ... turn into , to generate , to collect together . Erg , arg , arch , sly , cunning , fraudulent . Rouw , the ferocious ...
... turns the feeling of those towards whom it is used into hatred , and chills the ardour of good - will and respect ... turn into , to generate , to collect together . Erg , arg , arch , sly , cunning , fraudulent . Rouw , the ferocious ...
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... turn , una vicis , alternis vicibus [ par fois ; by turns ] . " " ' I sawe come , with a gladde chere , To me a lusty Bachilere- Of gode stature , and of good HEIGHT , And Bialacoil forsoth he height * . " The CHAUCER . BOMBAST ...
... turn , una vicis , alternis vicibus [ par fois ; by turns ] . " " ' I sawe come , with a gladde chere , To me a lusty Bachilere- Of gode stature , and of good HEIGHT , And Bialacoil forsoth he height * . " The CHAUCER . BOMBAST ...
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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