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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... sort must have a new name ; and most of these are derived from persons of eminence , but no way connected with botany . Thus one sort of geranium is called Royal George ; another Wel- lington ; a third Prince Leopold ; and so on . Nor ...
... sort must have a new name ; and most of these are derived from persons of eminence , but no way connected with botany . Thus one sort of geranium is called Royal George ; another Wel- lington ; a third Prince Leopold ; and so on . Nor ...
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... sort of it is called Nicotian by Bobadil in Every Man in his Humour III . 2 : " For your green wound , your Balsamum and your St. Johns wort are all mere gulleries and trash to tobacco , espe- cially your Trinidado : your Nicotian is ...
... sort of it is called Nicotian by Bobadil in Every Man in his Humour III . 2 : " For your green wound , your Balsamum and your St. Johns wort are all mere gulleries and trash to tobacco , espe- cially your Trinidado : your Nicotian is ...
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... 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 name to a powerful ...
... 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 name to a powerful ...
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... sort of wild geranium , flowers in April , the 29th of which was consecrated to St Robert . Adelung deduces the Ger- man name from a certain disease , which used to be called Sanct Ruprechtsplage , and against which this plant was held ...
... sort of wild geranium , flowers in April , the 29th of which was consecrated to St Robert . Adelung deduces the Ger- man name from a certain disease , which used to be called Sanct Ruprechtsplage , and against which this plant was held ...
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... sort of tree , the fruit of which was the food of the Baptist . It is in conformity with the last of these opinions that the carob tree bears the name of St Johns bread . A similar opinion is im- plied in the proverbial expression used ...
... sort of tree , the fruit of which was the food of the Baptist . It is in conformity with the last of these opinions that the carob tree bears the name of St Johns bread . A similar opinion is im- plied in the proverbial expression used ...
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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.