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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... ellipsis adopted from custom , of a child is probably the subauditum . But as lyen , lyden , has , in itself , the full sense of to suffer contentedly [ resignedly ] , to do which is the characteristic of the female in all such predi ...
... ellipsis adopted from custom , of a child is probably the subauditum . But as lyen , lyden , has , in itself , the full sense of to suffer contentedly [ resignedly ] , to do which is the characteristic of the female in all such predi ...
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... ellipsis of eye - sight , which is as the sight [ apple , pupil ] of the egg or egg - like ball , the white contained in the socket of that organ . JOHNSON defines the EYE - BALL , the apple [ pupil ] of the eye . For APPLE OF THE EYE ...
... ellipsis of eye - sight , which is as the sight [ apple , pupil ] of the egg or egg - like ball , the white contained in the socket of that organ . JOHNSON defines the EYE - BALL , the apple [ pupil ] of the eye . For APPLE OF THE EYE ...
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... ellipsis of A RAKE - HELL , which is as er reke hell ; q . e . by him hell is replenished ; by such as he , hell gathers together ; by his like hell recruits its stock of inhabitants . Of the import of the term Hell , it has already ...
... ellipsis of A RAKE - HELL , which is as er reke hell ; q . e . by him hell is replenished ; by such as he , hell gathers together ; by his like hell recruits its stock of inhabitants . Of the import of the term Hell , it has already ...
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... ellipsis of doghe - niet [ deugh niet ] ; q . e . a worth- less person , a villain , an abandoned person ; one lost to all sense of virtue , un vaurien , un coquin , nequam , furcifer , profligatus . Deughen , doghen , dooghen , to be ...
... ellipsis of doghe - niet [ deugh niet ] ; q . e . a worth- less person , a villain , an abandoned person ; one lost to all sense of virtue , un vaurien , un coquin , nequam , furcifer , profligatus . Deughen , doghen , dooghen , to be ...
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... ellipsis of horze - dier ; q . e . spur - animal , the creature for which the spur is used to excite into the requisite action . JOHNSON derives the word from the Anglo Saxon hergian , to plunder ! " Your nobles will not hear you , but ...
... ellipsis of horze - dier ; q . e . spur - animal , the creature for which the spur is used to excite into the requisite action . JOHNSON derives the word from the Anglo Saxon hergian , to plunder ! " Your nobles will not hear you , but ...
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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