Londinismen: Slang und CantLangenscheidt, 1887 - 239 pages |
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Page liii
... persons in the ' bus when she took out her purse to pay the conductor , and I saw that there was gold as well as silver in it , and of course I made a mark of it . She was such a green old soul that I thought it would be as easy as ...
... persons in the ' bus when she took out her purse to pay the conductor , and I saw that there was gold as well as silver in it , and of course I made a mark of it . She was such a green old soul that I thought it would be as easy as ...
Page liv
... person there who had seen and talked with one of the wonders of the world . She was so much gratified that I was very nearly making a mess of it after all . ' I'll keep your secret safe enough , ' says she , ' but I hain't that mean ...
... person there who had seen and talked with one of the wonders of the world . She was so much gratified that I was very nearly making a mess of it after all . ' I'll keep your secret safe enough , ' says she , ' but I hain't that mean ...
Page lxxiv
... person of whom it is said can tell a long story that is not quite a lie , though full of exaggerations . The origin of this , I conceive , must be looked for at sea . On all ships there is a little machine called a spun - yarn winch ...
... person of whom it is said can tell a long story that is not quite a lie , though full of exaggerations . The origin of this , I conceive , must be looked for at sea . On all ships there is a little machine called a spun - yarn winch ...
Page lxxv
... person is , and the term comes from her . " He's got no ballast in him " means a tendency to capsize and founder when said of a man , and the image is completely nautical . I am surprised to find the word canted coming into use . I ...
... person is , and the term comes from her . " He's got no ballast in him " means a tendency to capsize and founder when said of a man , and the image is completely nautical . I am surprised to find the word canted coming into use . I ...
Page xcvii
... sehr reichlich verwandt und dient gewöhnlich für die Zwecke des Humors . Have you got him ? kann sich unter Umständen ebensowohl auf eine männliche BAUMANN , LONDINISMEN , EINLEITUNG . VII XCVIII § 6. Grammatische Winke . Person , als auch.
... sehr reichlich verwandt und dient gewöhnlich für die Zwecke des Humors . Have you got him ? kann sich unter Umständen ebensowohl auf eine männliche BAUMANN , LONDINISMEN , EINLEITUNG . VII XCVIII § 6. Grammatische Winke . Person , als auch.
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Page x - Hey, Diddle, Diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon.
Page 220 - That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn...
Page 189 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie; When the pie was opened, The birds began. to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 84 - 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 lxxvii - ... since it is a rule among these gentlemen to fall upon a play, not because it is ill written, but because it takes. Several of them lay it down as a maxim, that whatever dramatic performance has a long run, must of necessity be good for nothing ; as though the first precept in poetry were not to please.
Page 217 - Ten little nigger boys went out to dine; One choked his little self, and then there were nine.
Page 137 - This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, This little pig had roast beef, This little pig had none, This little pig cried "Wee, wee, wee, I can't find my way home, etc.
Page xxv - Nowe bynge we a waste to the hygh pad, the ruffmanes is by. Naye, let vs go hence to the hygh waye, the wodes is at hand. MAN. So may we happen on the Harmanes, and cly the larke, or to the quyerken and skower quyaer cramprings, and so to tryning on the chates.
Page xxv - I wull washe it of with a quart of good drynke; then saye to me what thou wylt. MAN. Why, hast thou any lowre in thy bonge to bouse? Why, hast thou any money in thy purse to drinke? ROGE. But a flagge, a wyn, and a make. But a grot,2 a penny, and a halfe penny.