An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volumen1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 |
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... tell another the circumstance of the person in question having supplanted such a one in his expectations of fortune ; can we , in familiar intercourse , do so more intelligibly than by the phrase , " he has put the other's nose out of ...
... tell another the circumstance of the person in question having supplanted such a one in his expectations of fortune ; can we , in familiar intercourse , do so more intelligibly than by the phrase , " he has put the other's nose out of ...
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... tell us English is like Anglo - Saxon , and to mean it comes out of that dialect , is , as to suppose one siser the parent of the other because we perceive a family - likeness between the two ; instead of looking for the true parent of ...
... tell us English is like Anglo - Saxon , and to mean it comes out of that dialect , is , as to suppose one siser the parent of the other because we perceive a family - likeness between the two ; instead of looking for the true parent of ...
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... tell he is more than half drunk ; see him there ! and say he is only half drunk , if you can . The apostrophe is evidently from a beholder of the drunken person to bystanders . HE IS DRIVEN FROM POST TO PILLAR . In the sense of , to be ...
... tell he is more than half drunk ; see him there ! and say he is only half drunk , if you can . The apostrophe is evidently from a beholder of the drunken person to bystanders . HE IS DRIVEN FROM POST TO PILLAR . In the sense of , to be ...
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... tells you the phrase originates in the heel of the stocking , and of course implies the state indi- cated by the person who wears stockings with un- mended heels ! A state bad enough if you will , but not so bad as that implied by the ...
... tells you the phrase originates in the heel of the stocking , and of course implies the state indi- cated by the person who wears stockings with un- mended heels ! A state bad enough if you will , but not so bad as that implied by the ...
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... tell others what passed . Archbishop Potter , in whose book of Antiquities some Latin verses are recorded which mention the rose as the emblem of this convivial imposition to reserve , and which are known to every schoolboy , never even ...
... tell others what passed . Archbishop Potter , in whose book of Antiquities some Latin verses are recorded which mention the rose as the emblem of this convivial imposition to reserve , and which are known to every schoolboy , never even ...
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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.