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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 in ...
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 in ...
Pagina 31
Take as an example those words of the Preacher , and see how differently they
are expressed in English and in Latin : Eccles . iii . A time to be born , and a time
to die ; a time to plant , and a time to pluck up that which is planted . Tempus ...
Take as an example those words of the Preacher , and see how differently they
are expressed in English and in Latin : Eccles . iii . A time to be born , and a time
to die ; a time to plant , and a time to pluck up that which is planted . Tempus ...
Pagina 34
The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to
be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was
the mediaeval litten , and the modern churchyard . In this class of instances the ...
The verb gehyrsumian passed away , and instead of it we find the expression to
be buxom , and this yielded to the modern verb to obey . The Saxon lictun was
the mediaeval litten , and the modern churchyard . In this class of instances the ...
Pagina 43
The instruments used in cultivating the earth , the flail , the plough , the sickle , the
spade , are expressed in his language ; so too the main products of the earth , as
wheat , rye , oats , bere ; and no less the names of domestic animals .
The instruments used in cultivating the earth , the flail , the plough , the sickle , the
spade , are expressed in his language ; so too the main products of the earth , as
wheat , rye , oats , bere ; and no less the names of domestic animals .
Pagina 54
What wonder that such a state of society furnished little or nothing for 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 ...
What wonder that such a state of society furnished little or nothing for 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 ...
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