The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 50
... term ' English ' in the mature form . Layamon has the forms englisc , englis , ænglis , anglisce , & c .; but Orm has enngliss , and still more frequently the fully developed form ennglissh . The excess of consonants with which this ...
... term ' English ' in the mature form . Layamon has the forms englisc , englis , ænglis , anglisce , & c .; but Orm has enngliss , and still more frequently the fully developed form ennglissh . The excess of consonants with which this ...
Pagina 56
... terms for games of chance are of French extraction . Dice were seen in every hall , and were then called by nearly the same name as now . Cards , though a later invention , namely , of the thirteenth or begin- ning of the fourteenth ...
... terms for games of chance are of French extraction . Dice were seen in every hall , and were then called by nearly the same name as now . Cards , though a later invention , namely , of the thirteenth or begin- ning of the fourteenth ...
Pagina 57
... terms , and so is hazard , which was the prominent word in the phraseology of gambling , and accordingly very odious to the moralist of that day . In the list of vices hasardery comes in next to gluttony , as being that which beset men ...
... terms , and so is hazard , which was the prominent word in the phraseology of gambling , and accordingly very odious to the moralist of that day . In the list of vices hasardery comes in next to gluttony , as being that which beset men ...
Pagina 59
... terms of 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 ...
... terms of 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 ...
Pagina 68
... be 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.
... be 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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