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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... shrewd , in the sense of bad , malicious , cursed , is the past præterite ; a word not to be confounded with shrewd in the sense of prompt , observant , quick , ready , for which see following article . * " Ne the forsweringe , ne the ...
... shrewd , in the sense of bad , malicious , cursed , is the past præterite ; a word not to be confounded with shrewd in the sense of prompt , observant , quick , ready , for which see following article . * " Ne the forsweringe , ne the ...
Page 170
... shrewd turn . " - L'ESTRange . * " Scarce any man passes to a liking of sin in others , but by first practising it himself ; and consequently we may take it for a SHREWD * indication , and sign , whereby to judge of those who may have ...
... shrewd turn . " - L'ESTRange . * " Scarce any man passes to a liking of sin in others , but by first practising it himself ; and consequently we may take it for a SHREWD * indication , and sign , whereby to judge of those who may have ...
Page 171
... shrewd guess is , a discriminating [ quick , ready , sharp , acute ] guess , not a malicious or an arch one , but ... shrewd . JOHNSON brings both shrew and shrewd , in all their meanings , out of schreijen [ schreeuwen ] to vociferate ...
... shrewd guess is , a discriminating [ quick , ready , sharp , acute ] guess , not a malicious or an arch one , but ... shrewd . JOHNSON brings both shrew and shrewd , in all their meanings , out of schreijen [ schreeuwen ] to vociferate ...
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John Bellenden Ker. " The neighbours round admire his SHREWDNESS , For songs of loyalty and lewdness . SHREW Mouse . SWIFT . As the little burrowing field mouse , with habits and eyes similar to the mole , evidently the ... SHREWDNESS, ...
John Bellenden Ker. " The neighbours round admire his SHREWDNESS , For songs of loyalty and lewdness . SHREW Mouse . SWIFT . As the little burrowing field mouse , with habits and eyes similar to the mole , evidently the ... SHREWDNESS, ...
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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