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... and I am in some degree supported by Bede's remarks on this month , in conjecturing that Lida implies the sun's passing its greatest height , and that LIDA ERRA consequently means the first month of the sun's descent .
... and I am in some degree supported by Bede's remarks on this month , in conjecturing that Lida implies the sun's passing its greatest height , and that LIDA ERRA consequently means the first month of the sun's descent .
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I do not , however mean to dispute , that when the original signification of these bonfires had been forgotten , the custom was retained merely by way of a joyful festival . The proofs of this are abundant in our own country .
I do not , however mean to dispute , that when the original signification of these bonfires had been forgotten , the custom was retained merely by way of a joyful festival . The proofs of this are abundant in our own country .
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506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum therefore can hardly be received ...
506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum therefore can hardly be received ...
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Whiffle again is derived from whiff , which means , as Junius tells us , a sudden puff of wind , ( flatus subitus et vehemens ) but he seems not to be quite satisfied with his own explanation , for he refers us to Otfred's poem ...
Whiffle again is derived from whiff , which means , as Junius tells us , a sudden puff of wind , ( flatus subitus et vehemens ) but he seems not to be quite satisfied with his own explanation , for he refers us to Otfred's poem ...
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I should hardly have thought this word needed any explanation but that it has pleased Todd in his edition of Johnson's Dictionary to tell us it is deduced from the French soie , and means a thin sort of silk .
I should hardly have thought this word needed any explanation but that it has pleased Todd in his edition of Johnson's Dictionary to tell us it is deduced from the French soie , and means a thin sort of silk .
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| Заглавие | New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 2 New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, George Soane |
| Автор | George Soane |
| Издател | Churton, 1847 |
| Оригиналът е от | Харвардският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 2 септ. 2008 |
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