Fragments of Two Essays in English PhilologyMacmillan, 1873 - 80 страници Words derived from names of persons.--Words corrupted by false analogy or false derivation. |
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... applied to riming Latin verse , is said to be derived from Leonius or Leoninus , a French monk in the time of Louis VII , the author of several poems in that metre ; which however had been in use centuries before . The French in old ...
... applied to riming Latin verse , is said to be derived from Leonius or Leoninus , a French monk in the time of Louis VII , the author of several poems in that metre ; which however had been in use centuries before . The French in old ...
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... applied amongst us to a sort of mustard , and also to one of the wolfsbanes : of course with reference to the story of his having acquired the power of counter- acting poisons . The same story led the chemists of old to give the same ...
... applied amongst us to a sort of mustard , and also to one of the wolfsbanes : of course with reference to the story of his having acquired the power of counter- acting poisons . The same story led the chemists of old to give the same ...
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... applied to the rosemary , which in Latin bore the epithet of coronalis , from being often woven into chaplets , even for statues of the gods , as we see from Ovid , Met . XII . 410 , Horace , Od . III . 23. 15 , Dioscorides , 111. 89 ...
... applied to the rosemary , which in Latin bore the epithet of coronalis , from being often woven into chaplets , even for statues of the gods , as we see from Ovid , Met . XII . 410 , Horace , Od . III . 23. 15 , Dioscorides , 111. 89 ...
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... applied as it were to seal up a scar or bruise . In like manner Solomons seal , sigillum Salomonis , sceau de Solomon , Salomons - siegel , was so called in part from having marks on the roots something like the stamp of a seal , but ...
... applied as it were to seal up a scar or bruise . In like manner Solomons seal , sigillum Salomonis , sceau de Solomon , Salomons - siegel , was so called in part from having marks on the roots something like the stamp of a seal , but ...
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... applied solely in the former sense by Shakspeare in Henry the Sixth , F. P. 1. 6 , where Charles says to the Pucelle , Thy promises are like Adonis gardens , That one day bloom'd , and fruitfull were the next . These potherbs seem to ...
... applied solely in the former sense by Shakspeare in Henry the Sixth , F. P. 1. 6 , where Charles says to the Pucelle , Thy promises are like Adonis gardens , That one day bloom'd , and fruitfull were the next . These potherbs seem to ...
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accidunt adjectives Adonis adverb adverbial genitive ancient Anglosaxon apples Apuleius authors better called Chaucer common compound consonant corruption croune dames derived Dioscorides discoverd distinction Duchess of Malfy edition English errour false analogy fancy fashion flower forein fruit gardens genitive German Gower Grammar Greek haberdasher hath herb Holinshed honour Horne Tooke hose Hudibras instance Italian king l'envoy Ladies language Latin latter lever Lord Berners manner mark of elision Maundevile meaning mentiond Milton modern Morte d'Arthur natural never Nicotian Northward Ho noun old French origin pantaloons participle passage perhaps person plant Pliny plural poets prefix preposition preterite probably publisht queen resemblance Robert of Gloucester Roman roquelaure rosemary Saxon says seems Shakspeare shew singular sort Spanish spelling spelt Spenser St Catherine St John substitute supposed syllable termed termination Theophrastus tives tree unto usage usually Venus verb vowel wolde word writes written wrote
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Страница 49 - Nouns ending in z, s, sh, g, and ch, in the declining take to the genitive singular i, and to the plural e ; as Sing {Pprince', \ Plur. ( *> [Princes,] {^rinces, so rose, bush, age, breech, &c., which distinctions not observed, brought in first the monstrous syntax of the pronoun his joining with a noun betokening a possessor ; as the prince his house, for the princes house.
Страница 51 - Whose shapeless form in ample plaits depends; By various names in various counties known, Yet held in all the true Surtout alone: Be thine of Kersey firm, though small the cost, Then brave unwet the rain, unchill'd the frost.
Страница 15 - Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compared to that was next her chin. Some bee had stung it newly; But Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze Than on the sun in July.
Страница 8 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Страница 49 - I might here observe, that the same single letter on many occasions does the office of a whole word, and represents the His and Her of our fore-fathers.
Страница 51 - I have a project in my head, as it is a bad night, of wrapping myself up warm in my roquelaure, and paying a visit to this poor gentleman.
Страница 49 - Nor trod upon the ground so soft ; And as that beast would kneel and stoop (Some write) to take his rider up ; So Hudibras his ('tis well known) Would often do, to set him down.
Страница 44 - Go, hang out an old frisoneergorget, with a yard of yellow colberteen again, do; an old gnawed mask, two rows of pins, and a child's fiddle; a glass necklace with the beads broken, and a quilted night-cap with one ear. Go, go, drive a trade.
Страница 44 - Poor Brother Tom had an Accident this time Twelvemonth, and so clever a made Fellow he was, that I could not save him from those fleaing Rascals the Surgeons; and now, poor Man, he is among the Otamys at Surgeon's Hall.
Страница 54 - Strait the new engine on his anvil glows, And the pale virgin on the patten rose. No more her lungs are shook with dropping rheums, And on her cheek reviving beauty blooms. The God obtain'd his suit; though flatt'ry fail, Presents with female virtue must prevail. The patten now supports each frugal dame, Which from the blue-ey'd Patty takes the name.