An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volumen2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1837 |
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... HOLD WATER . Said in reference to some unsound [ untenable ] proposition ; some hollow argument ; some absurd reason which has been advanced . ' Et woont hol waerd ' er ; q . e . it is there where empty words are to be found ; that is ...
... HOLD WATER . Said in reference to some unsound [ untenable ] proposition ; some hollow argument ; some absurd reason which has been advanced . ' Et woont hol waerd ' er ; q . e . it is there where empty words are to be found ; that is ...
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... hold ] , whence ship , in Dutch schip , as that in which wares are deposited — a hold for merchandize ; in the closer or primary sense a trough , as a container of things ; grounded in scheppen ( to take up , to take into , to receive ...
... hold ] , whence ship , in Dutch schip , as that in which wares are deposited — a hold for merchandize ; in the closer or primary sense a trough , as a container of things ; grounded in scheppen ( to take up , to take into , to receive ...
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... hold are . The French un fol , as a mad man , is as un homme fol , a person in a disordered [ deranged ] state of mind . And we say he is deranged in his mind , in the sense of he is mad [ disordered ] in mind . " Als ' t meisjen giet ...
... hold are . The French un fol , as a mad man , is as un homme fol , a person in a disordered [ deranged ] state of mind . And we say he is deranged in his mind , in the sense of he is mad [ disordered ] in mind . " Als ' t meisjen giet ...
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... hold , the head of the homage , and houne as participle present of houen , houden , the holding the vassals , the tenants , the then holders in servi- tude , bondsmen ; or in the sense of persons attached , depen- dant upon , holding or ...
... hold , the head of the homage , and houne as participle present of houen , houden , the holding the vassals , the tenants , the then holders in servi- tude , bondsmen ; or in the sense of persons attached , depen- dant upon , holding or ...
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... hold [ tie ] upon each other they are so far upon an equal footing . He confirms [ hardens , emboldens ] when he don't con- tradict [ hinder ] . " The oaks bear MAST , the briars scarlet hips 110 ARCHEOLOGY OF adurat. Frost hardens ...
... hold [ tie ] upon each other they are so far upon an equal footing . He confirms [ hardens , emboldens ] when he don't con- tradict [ hinder ] . " The oaks bear MAST , the briars scarlet hips 110 ARCHEOLOGY OF adurat. Frost hardens ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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