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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... Italian stronzo , in a same sense ; and probably as struntus , according to JOSEPH SCALIGER , apud veteres Latinos stercus rotundum . Danno di morso a gran bocconi , ciascuno in una , e subito l'uno sputa fuori , e dice : Oimè , ch ' e ...
... Italian stronzo , in a same sense ; and probably as struntus , according to JOSEPH SCALIGER , apud veteres Latinos stercus rotundum . Danno di morso a gran bocconi , ciascuno in una , e subito l'uno sputa fuori , e dice : Oimè , ch ' e ...
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... Italian fieno , and Spanish heno [ hay ] , as well as affanno of the for- mer language , and the afan of the latter . HORNE TOOKE , haunted by his Anglo - Saxon delusion , brings faner , affanno , vanus , èvanouir , fange [ mud ] ...
... Italian fieno , and Spanish heno [ hay ] , as well as affanno of the for- mer language , and the afan of the latter . HORNE TOOKE , haunted by his Anglo - Saxon delusion , brings faner , affanno , vanus , èvanouir , fange [ mud ] ...
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... of the cloyster ; separate apartments of the monks . The place of their growth . SDwelling , abiding . A nag , as the Italian ronzino in the same sense . " These thynges also on right side and on lefte POPULAR PHRASES . 7.
... of the cloyster ; separate apartments of the monks . The place of their growth . SDwelling , abiding . A nag , as the Italian ronzino in the same sense . " These thynges also on right side and on lefte POPULAR PHRASES . 7.
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... Italian ciurmatore , seem the nearest substitutes in import ; for the Dutch kwakzalver [ quack - doctor ] , the Spanish saltimbanco [ saltabancos ] , whence the French saltimbanque , and the Italian ciarlatano . whence the French ...
... Italian ciurmatore , seem the nearest substitutes in import ; for the Dutch kwakzalver [ quack - doctor ] , the Spanish saltimbanco [ saltabancos ] , whence the French saltimbanque , and the Italian ciarlatano . whence the French ...
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... Italian work than the Malmantile , Lippi , professedly intended to accumulate all the out - of - the - way and unusual terms in that language ; nor had the authors of the great national dictionary , " Il Vocabolario della Crusca ...
... Italian work than the Malmantile , Lippi , professedly intended to accumulate all the out - of - the - way and unusual terms in that language ; nor had the authors of the great national dictionary , " Il Vocabolario della Crusca ...
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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