An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 - Counting-out rhymes |
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... shews it is by the mouths of the rankest , impostors these sacred appeals are unceasingly pol- luted , A Canterbury tale is always used in a sense , of which the mildest construction refers to some maudlin claim to virtues not openly ...
... shews it is by the mouths of the rankest , impostors these sacred appeals are unceasingly pol- luted , A Canterbury tale is always used in a sense , of which the mildest construction refers to some maudlin claim to virtues not openly ...
Page 89
... shews itself in that coun- tenance ; literally , the Westphalian boor predomi- nates in his person . Mof , is the nickname of the Westphalian labourer , who , like the Irish labourer with us , is habitually driven , by the penury of his ...
... shews itself in that coun- tenance ; literally , the Westphalian boor predomi- nates in his person . Mof , is the nickname of the Westphalian labourer , who , like the Irish labourer with us , is habitually driven , by the penury of his ...
Page 114
... shews you have cultivated the art of lying ; the habit of con- cealing your real thoughts from others only proves you have been an apt scholar in the school of false- hood . Toeschut [ shut up ] may be here as close- ness personified ...
... shews you have cultivated the art of lying ; the habit of con- cealing your real thoughts from others only proves you have been an apt scholar in the school of false- hood . Toeschut [ shut up ] may be here as close- ness personified ...
Page 117
... shews itself with per- sons like you . It is the freckle which is here meant ; and the apostrophe is as addressed to some female of a fair complexion . The fairer the skin , the more manifest the freckle makes the contrasting white ...
... shews itself with per- sons like you . It is the freckle which is here meant ; and the apostrophe is as addressed to some female of a fair complexion . The fairer the skin , the more manifest the freckle makes the contrasting white ...
Page 193
... shews abundantly throughout it , as well as throughout the Latin . Noeyen , noyen , to molest , to interfere , to annoy , to injure , to delay , to vex . El , otherwise alid , aliàs . Ee , marriage , lawful union . Gile , a very ancient ...
... shews abundantly throughout it , as well as throughout the Latin . Noeyen , noyen , to molest , to interfere , to annoy , to injure , to delay , to vex . El , otherwise alid , aliàs . Ee , marriage , lawful union . Gile , a very ancient ...
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Common terms and phrases
Anglo-Saxon appearance Bede belong bring chance CHAUCER contraction daer distress dolt drunk Dutch ellipsis evidently evil explained expression feel fool formerly spelt French friar Gauw grete grounded Grouw guit hach head heel Heer heet Heeten hell hence hiet Hoeve holy houde Huif IDEM ijse implying import intermutate Italian Jack Jack Ketch JOHNSON knah known labour language Latin LIMITOUR literally look maer means mede meê mind monk nature never noise once original form original phrase pain paragogical participle present Pasquinade person in question potential mood præterite priest pronounced puur regard rogue rouw schie seer sense shews subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive suspect t'el tells term thema ther thing thou tion travesty turn Tuyf utter verb Voer voeren whence wijse word
Popular passages
Page 264 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Page 269 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Page 268 - There was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink; Victuals and drink were the whole of her diet, And yet this old woman would never be quiet.
Page 260 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 197 - Well, say I am. Why should proud summer boast Before the birds have any cause to sing? Why should I joy in an abortive birth ? At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows, But like of each thing that in season grows.
Page 265 - GIRLS and boys, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And come with your playfellows into the street. Come with a whoop, come with a call, Come with a good will or not at all.
Page 275 - TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef.
Page 270 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie.
Page 240 - Pasquinades, elicited by the soreness felt by the population at the intrusion of a foreign and onerous church-sway, bringing with it a ministry, to which a goaded people imputed fraud and exaction.
Page 273 - There was a man in our town, and he was wondrous wise; He jumped into a bramble bush and scratched out both his eyes; And when he saw his eyes were out, with all his might and main, He jumped into another bush and scratched them in again.