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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... dialect different from his who makes use of the term in regard to another ; and means no more than , he has the usage of a different tone and accent from him who uses the word . Er broke ; q . e . in him there is a habit . [ a custom ] ...
... dialect different from his who makes use of the term in regard to another ; and means no more than , he has the usage of a different tone and accent from him who uses the word . Er broke ; q . e . in him there is a habit . [ a custom ] ...
Page 22
... dialect . The transition of the ter- minal e into ue , is usual in the progressive change of spelling in our dialect , as well as in some others : tongue was formerly spelt tonge , and always so by Chaucer . * More agreeable . + More ...
... dialect . The transition of the ter- minal e into ue , is usual in the progressive change of spelling in our dialect , as well as in some others : tongue was formerly spelt tonge , and always so by Chaucer . * More agreeable . + More ...
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... dialect , and the issue of a same parent stock . Our terms shoe , shove , as well as many others in the correllative dialects , also be- long here , as will be shewn in some future articles of this essay . " The tackle of my heart is ...
... dialect , and the issue of a same parent stock . Our terms shoe , shove , as well as many others in the correllative dialects , also be- long here , as will be shewn in some future articles of this essay . " The tackle of my heart is ...
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... original one , by analogy of sound , conveyed by form of letter , on an insensibly transmu- ted language of a same original dialect . Its import * Corner . is simply , —a thing , good in itself , POPULAR PHRASES . 45 A HOAX. ...
... original one , by analogy of sound , conveyed by form of letter , on an insensibly transmu- ted language of a same original dialect . Its import * Corner . is simply , —a thing , good in itself , POPULAR PHRASES . 45 A HOAX. ...
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... resound into stag , or that the k should intermutate with g , is not an un- precedented instance , even in our own dialect , for to stagger was formerly spelt to staker . " The night is wastid and he fell aslepe , POPULAR PHRASES . 55.
... resound into stag , or that the k should intermutate with g , is not an un- precedented instance , even in our own dialect , for to stagger was formerly spelt to staker . " The night is wastid and he fell aslepe , POPULAR PHRASES . 55.
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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 meź metathesis mind nature never original form pain participle past participle present past participle phrase play potential mood pręterite 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