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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... horses after a driven stage ? Vast , fast , rapid , hasty . Te hijen , to pant , to fetch the breath with difficulty , to labour for breath . Vast te hijen sounds fustian . We say , with breathless haste , in the import of haste that ...
... horses after a driven stage ? Vast , fast , rapid , hasty . Te hijen , to pant , to fetch the breath with difficulty , to labour for breath . Vast te hijen sounds fustian . We say , with breathless haste , in the import of haste that ...
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... horse may understand you , but no human being can ; that is neighing , but not talking . The expression in both forms is evidently jocular , even burlesque . The word has been derived from the old French gaber , to jabber ; probably of ...
... horse may understand you , but no human being can ; that is neighing , but not talking . The expression in both forms is evidently jocular , even burlesque . The word has been derived from the old French gaber , to jabber ; probably of ...
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... secure , yet LIABLE to fall By weakest subtleties . " * Sentence of separation . MILTON . + Evidently without reference to either writing or printing . HE PUTS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE . To ill POPULAR PHRASES . 37 * ...
... secure , yet LIABLE to fall By weakest subtleties . " * Sentence of separation . MILTON . + Evidently without reference to either writing or printing . HE PUTS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE . To ill POPULAR PHRASES . 37 * ...
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... horse . LEGERDEMAIN . As in the expression , it was quite legerdemain [ all legerdemain ] and in the import of , it was quite successful , answered completely , to which , by a misconception of the true form of the word , we have ...
... horse . LEGERDEMAIN . As in the expression , it was quite legerdemain [ all legerdemain ] and in the import of , it was quite successful , answered completely , to which , by a misconception of the true form of the word , we have ...
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... horse or else an ignorant tit for tat . It is probable our to addle may belong here ; but of this in another article . An addled egg is a useless egg ; an addled head , an empty or useless head , a head in vain ; i . e . the same as ...
... horse or else an ignorant tit for tat . It is probable our to addle may belong here ; but of this in another article . An addled egg is a useless egg ; an addled head , an empty or useless head , a head in vain ; i . e . the same as ...
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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