An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volumen1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 |
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... gone , the person as vexed as hell ; here's no food ; the sufferer spitefully angry ; or it will construe into , -here is a case of sheer want [ starvation ] and that is a hellish provoking one [ enough to put in a pas- sion ] . The ...
... gone , the person as vexed as hell ; here's no food ; the sufferer spitefully angry ; or it will construe into , -here is a case of sheer want [ starvation ] and that is a hellish provoking one [ enough to put in a pas- sion ] . The ...
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... gone by , and equivalent to the French term trépassé , in the sense of dead , passed away , gone elsewhere , gone out of sight . Il est pále comme un trépassé , he is as pale as death [ as a corpse ] . We say as pale as ashes in the ...
... gone by , and equivalent to the French term trépassé , in the sense of dead , passed away , gone elsewhere , gone out of sight . Il est pále comme un trépassé , he is as pale as death [ as a corpse ] . We say as pale as ashes in the ...
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... GONE TO DAVY'S LOCker . The sailor's phrase for , " he is gone to heaven ; " " he is gone for ever ; " " he is no more . " Hij is gaen toe die eewig's luck er ! q . e . he is gone to him who is eternal [ to eternity itself ] ! may ...
... GONE TO DAVY'S LOCker . The sailor's phrase for , " he is gone to heaven ; " " he is gone for ever ; " " he is no more . " Hij is gaen toe die eewig's luck er ! q . e . he is gone to him who is eternal [ to eternity itself ] ! may ...
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... gone on ; and to stop , as a natural consequence . " For al my wil , my luste wholly , Is to turne ; but wote ye what te done ? By our Lorde it is TO DYIN sone , For nothing I ne leve it nought ; But live and DYE right in the thought ...
... gone on ; and to stop , as a natural consequence . " For al my wil , my luste wholly , Is to turne ; but wote ye what te done ? By our Lorde it is TO DYIN sone , For nothing I ne leve it nought ; But live and DYE right in the thought ...
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... the same place ; soon off , away in a moment ; and thus an unsteady person . Er ! saen af er gaen ; VOL . I. * Houred , timed . F q.e. there ! soon gone off again from thence ! POPULAR PHRASES . 65 AS SURE AS A GUN. ...
... the same place ; soon off , away in a moment ; and thus an unsteady person . Er ! saen af er gaen ; VOL . I. * Houred , timed . F q.e. there ! soon gone off again from thence ! POPULAR PHRASES . 65 AS SURE AS A GUN. ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
Página 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.
Página 269 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 275 - TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef.
Página 270 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie.
Página 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.
Página 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.