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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... labour , to fatigue , to operate ; whence the old term moedte , moeye , work , labour , pains . Bij's , bij is , is by , by which is ; and p and b being interchanging sounds , sounds piece . But monde , as in the original form of the ...
... labour , to fatigue , to operate ; whence the old term moedte , moeye , work , labour , pains . Bij's , bij is , is by , by which is ; and p and b being interchanging sounds , sounds piece . But monde , as in the original form of the ...
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... labour ; but where is the prefix tur to be fetched from ? Besides , it is labour of mind , not of body , that is implied by the term . " He seeks with torment and TURMOIL To force me live , and will not let me die . " SPENSER . " There ...
... labour ; but where is the prefix tur to be fetched from ? Besides , it is labour of mind , not of body , that is implied by the term . " He seeks with torment and TURMOIL To force me live , and will not let me die . " SPENSER . " There ...
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... labour . " CHAUCER . " And whiles that she and I debated so , Came Diligence , and sawe me al in bléwe ; ' Suster , ' quoth she , ' right ** well BROKE ye your newe , ' IDEM . Johnson conceives brogue to be as brog ( Irish ) , but the ...
... labour . " CHAUCER . " And whiles that she and I debated so , Came Diligence , and sawe me al in bléwe ; ' Suster , ' quoth she , ' right ** well BROKE ye your newe , ' IDEM . Johnson conceives brogue to be as brog ( Irish ) , but the ...
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... labour for breath . Vast te hijen sounds fustian . We say , with breathless haste , in the import of haste that takes away the breath ; and , also , he talked himself quite out of breath . " Nor will you raise in me combustion , By dint ...
... labour for breath . Vast te hijen sounds fustian . We say , with breathless haste , in the import of haste that takes away the breath ; and , also , he talked himself quite out of breath . " Nor will you raise in me combustion , By dint ...
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... labour ] is done [ finished ] ; and thus implies he does so at a wrong time , before the stated period , before it is proper ; and which carries with it in other terms , an analogous sense with that the travesty is used in ; the literal ...
... labour ] is done [ finished ] ; and thus implies he does so at a wrong time , before the stated period , before it is proper ; and which carries with it in other terms , an analogous sense with that the travesty is used in ; the literal ...
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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