An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volumen1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 |
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... hope . Die heet als er door ' n heel ; q . e . this is what you may call being quite gone [ all over ] ; this [ the corpse in question ] may pro- perly be said to be no more ; this may really be said to be a case of all over . Evidently ...
... hope . Die heet als er door ' n heel ; q . e . this is what you may call being quite gone [ all over ] ; this [ the corpse in question ] may pro- perly be said to be no more ; this may really be said to be a case of all over . Evidently ...
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... hope ( hoop ) ! q . e . fool there ! hope on [ if you like it ] ; implying nobody would have any hope in the case in question but a fool , or one like himself . Hope , hoop , hope , confidence , reliance . Cock - tail , in the ...
... hope ( hoop ) ! q . e . fool there ! hope on [ if you like it ] ; implying nobody would have any hope in the case in question but a fool , or one like himself . Hope , hoop , hope , confidence , reliance . Cock - tail , in the ...
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... hope a gentler fate , Who dares , most impudently , not translate ; It had been civil in these TICKLISH times , To fetch his knaves and fools from foreign climes . " - SWIFT . THERE IS A ROD IN PICKLE FOR HIM . As when we say , if he ...
... hope a gentler fate , Who dares , most impudently , not translate ; It had been civil in these TICKLISH times , To fetch his knaves and fools from foreign climes . " - SWIFT . THERE IS A ROD IN PICKLE FOR HIM . As when we say , if he ...
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... hope of escape must be given up . Hij ketst ' es aet's trouws ; q . e . he thereon seeks comfort in his religion ; he turns to his conscience for support ; he flies to his God for consolation . Ketsen , to seek out . to hunt out , to ...
... hope of escape must be given up . Hij ketst ' es aet's trouws ; q . e . he thereon seeks comfort in his religion ; he turns to his conscience for support ; he flies to his God for consolation . Ketsen , to seek out . to hunt out , to ...
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... hope . Wenden , to turn to . Hold , bearing good will to , kind , favourable , friendly . The amount of the expression is , he took the business to heart , he gave it all the attention of his mind . Mr. Secretary Cecil told the other ...
... hope . Wenden , to turn to . Hold , bearing good will to , kind , favourable , friendly . The amount of the expression is , he took the business to heart , he gave it all the attention of his mind . Mr. Secretary Cecil told the other ...
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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.