An Essay on the Archæology of Our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes, Volumen1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 |
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... course of use , and through the mutability peculiar to our lan- guage , those forms have been confounded with others , of a similar or nearly similar pronunciation , which have subsequently found their way into the tongue and supplanted ...
... course of use , and through the mutability peculiar to our lan- guage , those forms have been confounded with others , of a similar or nearly similar pronunciation , which have subsequently found their way into the tongue and supplanted ...
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... course , in the speaker of this apos- trophe , no great regard for the person addressed by it , and that he thinks him a vain ambitious person without either talent or industry . People when they drown themselves are sure to be more or ...
... course , in the speaker of this apos- trophe , no great regard for the person addressed by it , and that he thinks him a vain ambitious person without either talent or industry . People when they drown themselves are sure to be more or ...
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... course , settled or fixed term of going on ; a heat as it were . CAT - O - NINE - TAILS . to As the well known instrument for penal torture . Guit - hoonende t'heel's ; q . e . completely marking dis- grace on a rogue ; the completion ...
... course , settled or fixed term of going on ; a heat as it were . CAT - O - NINE - TAILS . to As the well known instrument for penal torture . Guit - hoonende t'heel's ; q . e . completely marking dis- grace on a rogue ; the completion ...
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... course of usage , for sharp in all the relations of that word ; and suits either the razor or the sword , and with equal pro- priety , when the state of either is such as to answer [ point out ] that term . The word is of the same stock ...
... course of usage , for sharp in all the relations of that word ; and suits either the razor or the sword , and with equal pro- priety , when the state of either is such as to answer [ point out ] that term . The word is of the same stock ...
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... course he will incur a resentment he don't expect . Radde , rade , raede , drade rapidly , at once , instanter . Pick , resentment , hatred , rancour , pique . El , else- where , some other place . Voor hem , for him , before him ...
... course he will incur a resentment he don't expect . Radde , rade , raede , drade rapidly , at once , instanter . Pick , resentment , hatred , rancour , pique . El , else- where , some other place . Voor hem , for him , before him ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Anglo-Saxon appearance ARCHEOLOGY Bede belong chance CHAUCER contraction cunning daer distress drunk Dutch ellipsis evidently evil explained expression fool foul French friar Gauw grete grounded Grouw guit hach haest head heel Heer heet Heeten hell hence hiet Hoeve houde Huif IDEM ijse implying import intermutating Italian Jack Jack Ketch JOHNSON knah labour language Latin literally look Lord maer means mede meé mind monk mood nature never noise once original form original phrase pain paragogical participle present Pasquinade person in question potential mood præterite priest pronounced quoth regard rogue rouw schie seer sense shews sounds stick subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive suspect t'el term thema ther thing thou tion travesty turn Tuyf utter verb Voer voeren whence wijse word
Pasajes populares
Página 278 - 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!
Página 270 - 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.
Página 264 - 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.
Página 277 - Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. Where is the boy Who looks after the sheep? He's under the haycock Fast asleep.
Página 253 - Hey, my kitten, hey, my kitten, And hey, my kitten, my deary ! Such a sweet pet as this Was neither far nor neary. Here we go up, up, up, And here we go down, down, down, And here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, roundy.
Página 274 - 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.
Página 251 - The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown: Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.
Página 146 - The sun and day shall sooner part, Than love or you shake off my heart ; The sun, that shall no more dispense His own, but your bright influence. I'll carve your name on barks of trees...
Página 283 - TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef.
Página 271 - 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.