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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... travesty . Behoord , the participle past of behooren , to be due , to become , to belong to , to appertain to , and sounds burd ; and so we pronounce bird . Wan , wrong , bad , vain , useless [ evidently of the same root as vanus , and ...
... travesty . Behoord , the participle past of behooren , to be due , to become , to belong to , to appertain to , and sounds burd ; and so we pronounce bird . Wan , wrong , bad , vain , useless [ evidently of the same root as vanus , and ...
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... travesty . A JACK OF ALL TRADES . As one ready for any dirty work ; one always prepared to undertake any vile job he is wanted to perform for another . Er je hack ! afval te reed ' s ; q . e . there , you dealer in vile articles , the ...
... travesty . A JACK OF ALL TRADES . As one ready for any dirty work ; one always prepared to undertake any vile job he is wanted to perform for another . Er je hack ! afval te reed ' s ; q . e . there , you dealer in vile articles , the ...
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... travesty of John Hackwood . I have 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 ...
... travesty of John Hackwood . I have 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 ...
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... travesty of the phrase er moedt [ moeyt ] bij ' s ; q . e . there is that by which the work is done ; there is that which takes the labouring oar . Moeden , moeyen , mueden , to work , to labour , to fatigue , to operate ; whence the ...
... travesty of the phrase er moedt [ moeyt ] bij ' s ; q . e . there is that by which the work is done ; there is that which takes the labouring oar . Moeden , moeyen , mueden , to work , to labour , to fatigue , to operate ; whence the ...
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... travesty and original forms , distressing uncertainty and doubt are implied . Woe , however , wherever . Yten , ijlen , to rave , to be in the fever of anxiety , to hasten , to be agitated in the mind [ restless ] , to be mad ; and woe ...
... travesty and original forms , distressing uncertainty and doubt are implied . Woe , however , wherever . Yten , ijlen , to rave , to be in the fever of anxiety , to hasten , to be agitated in the mind [ restless ] , to be mad ; and woe ...
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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