The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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John Earle. it has been the reward of the labourer in this instance that his anticipation of the fecundity of his material has been most abundantly and even unexpectedly verified . The excellent verbal Index is the work of H. N. Harvey ...
John Earle. it has been the reward of the labourer in this instance that his anticipation of the fecundity of his material has been most abundantly and even unexpectedly verified . The excellent verbal Index is the work of H. N. Harvey ...
Pagina 5
... instances of words , for example , which begin with a thin consonant in Greek or Latin or both , and the same word is found in English or its cognate dialects beginning with an aspirate . Thus , if the Latin or Greek word begins with P ...
... instances of words , for example , which begin with a thin consonant in Greek or Latin or both , and the same word is found in English or its cognate dialects beginning with an aspirate . Thus , if the Latin or Greek word begins with P ...
Pagina 37
... instances shall be more lightly touched on . 34. Thing . This word had to itself a large symbolic function which is now partitioned : On mang þisum pingum , ' Among these things ; Ic seah sellic ping singan on recede , ' I saw a strange ...
... instances shall be more lightly touched on . 34. Thing . This word had to itself a large symbolic function which is now partitioned : On mang þisum pingum , ' Among these things ; Ic seah sellic ping singan on recede , ' I saw a strange ...
Pagina 55
... instance the word juggler . This word has two senses . It is , first , a person who makes a livelihood by amusing tricks . Secondly , it has the moral sense of an impostor or deceiver . Both these senses date from the French period of ...
... instance the word juggler . This word has two senses . It is , first , a person who makes a livelihood by amusing tricks . Secondly , it has the moral sense of an impostor or deceiver . Both these senses date from the French period of ...
Pagina 63
... instances , and writes ss , as ssolde should , ssipes ships , ssriue shrive , ssire shire , bissopes bishops ; and even Engliss English , Frenss French . 62. The following line offers a good illustration both of this feature , and also ...
... instances , and writes ss , as ssolde should , ssipes ships , ssriue shrive , ssire shire , bissopes bishops ; and even Engliss English , Frenss French . 62. The following line offers a good illustration both of this feature , and also ...
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