The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 161
... interjections becomes enlarged , and that according to the tone in which oh is uttered , it may be understood to mean almost any one of the emotions of which humanity is capable . This interjection owes its great predominance to the ...
... interjections becomes enlarged , and that according to the tone in which oh is uttered , it may be understood to mean almost any one of the emotions of which humanity is capable . This interjection owes its great predominance to the ...
Pagina 162
... interjection oh , because it is the commonest of the simple or natural interjections , — not that it is one of the longest standing in the language . The oldest interjections in our language are la and wa , and each of these merits a ...
... interjection oh , because it is the commonest of the simple or natural interjections , — not that it is one of the longest standing in the language . The oldest interjections in our language are la and wa , and each of these merits a ...
Pagina 163
... interjection la was quite independent of another Saxon exclamation , viz . loc , which may with more probability be associated with locian to look . = The fact seems to be that the modern lo represents both the Saxon interjections la ...
... interjection la was quite independent of another Saxon exclamation , viz . loc , which may with more probability be associated with locian to look . = The fact seems to be that the modern lo represents both the Saxon interjections la ...
Pagina 164
... interjection is traceable back to early times , and that it is one with the old Saxon la , we may cite the authority of Shakspeare in the mid interval , who , in The Merry Wives of Windsor , puts this exclamation into the mouths of ...
... interjection is traceable back to early times , and that it is one with the old Saxon la , we may cite the authority of Shakspeare in the mid interval , who , in The Merry Wives of Windsor , puts this exclamation into the mouths of ...
Pagina 165
... interjection wo , and the substantive woe . This interjection was compounded with the previous one into the form wala or walawa - an exclamation which is several times found in Chaucer , and which , before it dis- appeared , was ...
... interjection wo , and the substantive woe . This interjection was compounded with the previous one into the form wala or walawa - an exclamation which is several times found in Chaucer , and which , before it dis- appeared , was ...
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