The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 22
... expression which for picturesqueness must be allowed the palm over our English proverb ' Never say no to a good offer . ' What establishes the British origin of this word is the large connection it has in Welsh , and its appearance also ...
... expression which for picturesqueness must be allowed the palm over our English proverb ' Never say no to a good offer . ' What establishes the British origin of this word is the large connection it has in Welsh , and its appearance also ...
Pagina 34
... expression to be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was the medieval litten , and the modern churchyard . In this class of instances the change is conspicuous , and requires little comment ; but in ...
... expression to be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was the medieval litten , and the modern churchyard . In this class of instances the change is conspicuous , and requires little comment ; but in ...
Pagina 54
... expressing the delicate . emotions , while it supplied the nascent English with such a mass of opprobious epithets as to have lasted , with few occasional additions , till the present day . Of these words a few may be cited by way of ...
... expressing the delicate . emotions , while it supplied the nascent English with such a mass of opprobious epithets as to have lasted , with few occasional additions , till the present day . Of these words a few may be cited by way of ...
Pagina 59
... expression frequently recall Mr. Barnes's Poems in the Dorset Dialect . A prominent feature is the frequent use of v where we write ƒ , as vo for foe ; vlize = flies ; vairer fairer ; vram = from ; vor = for ; but so for - vor for ' so ...
... expression frequently recall Mr. Barnes's Poems in the Dorset Dialect . A prominent feature is the frequent use of v where we write ƒ , as vo for foe ; vlize = flies ; vairer fairer ; vram = from ; vor = for ; but so for - vor for ' so ...
Pagina 68
... assigned to each of these expressions . Of the term ' King's Highway ' the origin is historically known . When there were many juris- dictions in this country , which were practically independent of 68 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... assigned to each of these expressions . Of the term ' King's Highway ' the origin is historically known . When there were many juris- dictions in this country , which were practically independent of 68 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
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