An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Том 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Company, 1837 |
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... bear out the meaning they are used in , and terms not yet satisfactorily acounted for , " are announced as the object of this Essay . How , then , can the illustration of PROVERBS be foisted in as any part of the design , unless through ...
... bear out the meaning they are used in , and terms not yet satisfactorily acounted for , " are announced as the object of this Essay . How , then , can the illustration of PROVERBS be foisted in as any part of the design , unless through ...
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... bear ] , and carries the meaning of both to make the outcry of that animal , and to act like a bear in other regards . We say , his manners are bearish , in the sense of rough , bois- terous , rude , beastly . Bear was once spelt bere ...
... bear ] , and carries the meaning of both to make the outcry of that animal , and to act like a bear in other regards . We say , his manners are bearish , in the sense of rough , bois- terous , rude , beastly . Bear was once spelt bere ...
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... bear ] , and carries the meaning of both to make the outcry of that animal , and to act like a bear in other regards . We say , his manners are bearish , in the sense of rough , bois- terous , rude , beastly . Bear was once spelt bere ...
... bear ] , and carries the meaning of both to make the outcry of that animal , and to act like a bear in other regards . We say , his manners are bearish , in the sense of rough , bois- terous , rude , beastly . Bear was once spelt bere ...
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... bear with resignation ; to suffer with the calm and gentle fortitude which characterizes the female , as distinguished , in that respect , from the male . To lie in , in this import , can never be grounded in the verb to lie , for in ...
... bear with resignation ; to suffer with the calm and gentle fortitude which characterizes the female , as distinguished , in that respect , from the male . To lie in , in this import , can never be grounded in the verb to lie , for in ...
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... bear , to suffer , is used in the sense of contentum esse ; œquo animo pati . Hij lydt hem met luttel ; contentus est parvo . SHE IS IN THE STRAW . A familiar mode of saying , the female in question is upon the point of being delivered ...
... bear , to suffer , is used in the sense of contentum esse ; œquo animo pati . Hij lydt hem met luttel ; contentus est parvo . SHE IS IN THE STRAW . A familiar mode of saying , the female in question is upon the point of being delivered ...
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analogous Anglo-Saxon applied 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 JOSEPH SCALIGER 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 quoth regard Saxon schie SHAKSPEARE shrewd sounds Spanish spelt by CHAUCER suspect taele tell term thema ther thing thou TITMOUSE travesty trope turn utter verb whence Wijse word wote
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