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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... never used in a good sense ; never as importing diligence , capacity , industry , or skill . Je , ye , you . Hack , a dealer in dirty wares , articles of the vilest kind , such as dogs ' meat , cin- ders , old clothes , & c ...
... never used in a good sense ; never as importing diligence , capacity , industry , or skill . Je , ye , you . Hack , a dealer in dirty wares , articles of the vilest kind , such as dogs ' meat , cin- ders , old clothes , & c ...
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... never unjustly applied , and , con- sequently , irresistible . Toesien , to take care of one's conduct ; to be upon our guard as to what we say or do . Enden , eijnden , to finish , to have done with . Toe , expletively used in this ...
... never unjustly applied , and , con- sequently , irresistible . Toesien , to take care of one's conduct ; to be upon our guard as to what we say or do . Enden , eijnden , to finish , to have done with . Toe , expletively used in this ...
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... Never the later ( quoth she ) I saie not these thynges for no + WANTRUSTE that I have , in supposyng of The otherwise than I should . " - IDEM . " But onis n'ilt thou , for thy cowarde herte And for thine ire , and folish wilfulnesse ...
... Never the later ( quoth she ) I saie not these thynges for no + WANTRUSTE that I have , in supposyng of The otherwise than I should . " - IDEM . " But onis n'ilt thou , for thy cowarde herte And for thine ire , and folish wilfulnesse ...
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... never met with montambanco in any other Italian work than the Malmantile , Lippi , professedly intended to accumulate all the out - of - the - way and unusual terms in that language ; nor had the authors of the great national dictionary ...
... never met with montambanco in any other Italian work than the Malmantile , Lippi , professedly intended to accumulate all the out - of - the - way and unusual terms in that language ; nor had the authors of the great national dictionary ...
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... never be the sense of the term in those cases . Horne Tooke derives the word from the Gothic matyan , matjan , the A. S. metian , in the sense of to eat ; but we do not eat with the mouth , but with the teeth given us to eat and bite ...
... never be the sense of the term in those cases . Horne Tooke derives the word from the Gothic matyan , matjan , the A. S. metian , in the sense of to eat ; but we do not eat with the mouth , but with the teeth given us to eat and bite ...
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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