The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 190
... signifies ' reclining on , ' and so the inter- jection O in ' O Lord ' reclines on the support afforded to it by the accentual elevation of the word ' Lord . ' So that ' O Lord ' moves like such a disyllable as alight , alike , away ...
... signifies ' reclining on , ' and so the inter- jection O in ' O Lord ' reclines on the support afforded to it by the accentual elevation of the word ' Lord . ' So that ' O Lord ' moves like such a disyllable as alight , alike , away ...
Pagina 202
... signifying verily , truly , yea , was used in the early times of the Jewish Church ( Deut . xxvii . 15 ; Ps . xli . 14 , lxxii . 19 , lxxxix . 53 ) for the people's response : ' and let the people say AMEN . ' It was continued from the ...
... signifying verily , truly , yea , was used in the early times of the Jewish Church ( Deut . xxvii . 15 ; Ps . xli . 14 , lxxii . 19 , lxxxix . 53 ) for the people's response : ' and let the people say AMEN . ' It was continued from the ...
Pagina 208
... signifies the extra weight which horses carry as a compensation for any advantage they may have in respect of age . It frequently stands for a verb , as in the following from a contemporary journal . The legitimate objects of the Trades ...
... signifies the extra weight which horses carry as a compensation for any advantage they may have in respect of age . It frequently stands for a verb , as in the following from a contemporary journal . The legitimate objects of the Trades ...
Pagina 212
... signifying ' without . ' This is the character and signification which it had in early times , and from which the better known uses of but are derivative . If however we expand this sentence a little without alteration to its sense ...
... signifying ' without . ' This is the character and signification which it had in early times , and from which the better known uses of but are derivative . If however we expand this sentence a little without alteration to its sense ...
Pagina 213
... signifying time . Indeed it is so still , as a long while . But it is better known as a conjunction : thus- It is very well established that one man may steal a horse while another may not so much as look over the hedge . As is ...
... signifying time . Indeed it is so still , as a long while . But it is better known as a conjunction : thus- It is very well established that one man may steal a horse while another may not so much as look over the hedge . As is ...
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