An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1837 - English language |
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Page 105
... but directly to say I love you . " - SHAKSPEARE , HENRY V. ' Iago , Thy honesty and love doth MINCE the matter , Making it light to Cassio . " - IBID , OTHELLO . OBS . Mancken , mencken , mincken , resolve into POPULAR PHRASES . 105.
... but directly to say I love you . " - SHAKSPEARE , HENRY V. ' Iago , Thy honesty and love doth MINCE the matter , Making it light to Cassio . " - IBID , OTHELLO . OBS . Mancken , mencken , mincken , resolve into POPULAR PHRASES . 105.
Page 108
... IBID . SHAKSPEARE . When they are FRETIED ¶ by the gusts of Heaven . " IBID . OBS . Liquor upon the FRET , is liquor in a state of agitation , commotion . The fret of a lute , is as that which regulates the agitation [ vibration ] which ...
... IBID . SHAKSPEARE . When they are FRETIED ¶ by the gusts of Heaven . " IBID . OBS . Liquor upon the FRET , is liquor in a state of agitation , commotion . The fret of a lute , is as that which regulates the agitation [ vibration ] which ...
Page 124
... IBID . IBID . As in the phrases , a government runner , a Bow - street runner , a treasury runner , & c .; and in the sense of a spy , a collector of information for his employers , a retainer , a messenger , a relater of what he worms ...
... IBID . IBID . As in the phrases , a government runner , a Bow - street runner , a treasury runner , & c .; and in the sense of a spy , a collector of information for his employers , a retainer , a messenger , a relater of what he worms ...
Page 136
... IBID . IBID . IBID . " So that the Night semed sprad upon the yerth , if then the wind that hight Boreas , i sent out of the Cave of the Countre of Thrace , BETETH ** this night , that is to saine , chaseth it awaie , and discovereth ...
... IBID . IBID . IBID . " So that the Night semed sprad upon the yerth , if then the wind that hight Boreas , i sent out of the Cave of the Countre of Thrace , BETETH ** this night , that is to saine , chaseth it awaie , and discovereth ...
Page 138
... IBID . BOEth . That all behoteth § , and nothing HALTE || , She goth upright , and yet she halte ¶ . " - IBID . " I've heard myself proclaim'd ; And by the happy hollow of a tree Escap'd THE HUNT . SHAKSPEARE . * The devil , who speaks ...
... IBID . BOEth . That all behoteth § , and nothing HALTE || , She goth upright , and yet she halte ¶ . " - IBID . " I've heard myself proclaim'd ; And by the happy hollow of a tree Escap'd THE HUNT . SHAKSPEARE . * The devil , who speaks ...
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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 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 toyen travesty trope turn utter verb whence Wijse word wote