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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... hoon ; lydt ! q . e . in this case , to begin the attack is an injury [ wrong ] ; let him suffer for it [ take the consequences ] ; implying , as he conducted himself wantonly wrong , so let him suffer accordingly for it . Instooten ...
... hoon ; lydt ! q . e . in this case , to begin the attack is an injury [ wrong ] ; let him suffer for it [ take the consequences ] ; implying , as he conducted himself wantonly wrong , so let him suffer accordingly for it . Instooten ...
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... hoon ; q . e . the whole burthen of the performance obloquy ; the whole business of it scandal ; intended for no other purpose than affixing infamy . Heel , entire , all , whole . Ampt , office , business , duty , and sounds amp . Hoon ...
... hoon ; q . e . the whole burthen of the performance obloquy ; the whole business of it scandal ; intended for no other purpose than affixing infamy . Heel , entire , all , whole . Ampt , office , business , duty , and sounds amp . Hoon ...
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... hoon's ; q . e . bring terror into him ; for that repentance follows dis- grace is a mere fable ; inspire him with dread , don't trust to the mere effect of shame upon him . A half jocular form of recommending the person in question ...
... hoon's ; q . e . bring terror into him ; for that repentance follows dis- grace is a mere fable ; inspire him with dread , don't trust to the mere effect of shame upon him . A half jocular form of recommending the person in question ...
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... hoon's sounds bones . A boon ; a favour , a grace , a benefit ; as when we say , the boon was granted ; he asked it as a boon ; & c . & c .; Er by hoon ; q . e . there by favour [ grace , consent ] ; by having the sense of at hand ...
... hoon's sounds bones . A boon ; a favour , a grace , a benefit ; as when we say , the boon was granted ; he asked it as a boon ; & c . & c .; Er by hoon ; q . e . there by favour [ grace , consent ] ; by having the sense of at hand ...
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... hoon af , kome tene sij aen ; q . e . all chance of favour being off , irrita- tion [ anger ] introduces itself among them ; all chance of the affair being settled by good - will be- tween them , anger [ ill - will ] is engendered among ...
... hoon af , kome tene sij aen ; q . e . all chance of favour being off , irrita- tion [ anger ] introduces itself among them ; all chance of the affair being settled by good - will be- tween them , anger [ ill - will ] is engendered among ...
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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