Anecdotes of the English Language: Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of London and Its Environs; Whence it Will Appear that the Natives of the Metropolis and Its Vicinities Have Not Corrupted the Language of Their Ancestors. In a Letter from Samuel Pegge ... to an Old Acquaintance, and Co-fellow of the Society of Antiquaries [!] London. To which is Added, a Supplement to the Provincial Glossary of Francis GroseJ. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1814 - 438 páginas |
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Adjective ancient Antiquary applied authority Bailey called Chaucer Cock COCKNEY common corruption Courtier Derb Derbyshire Dictionary Earl edit examples expression farther formed French Gentlemen of Verona gives Glossary Greek guage heard Henry his-self horse implies instances J. H. TOOKE'S Johnson Julius Cæsar Junius Kent King Lanc language Latin learned letter Lord Lowth malè meaning Merchant of Venice Meric Casaubon modern month's mind mought musick Norf North Northumb observe Old Plays Othello ourn Participle Participle Passive Past Tense PEGGE perhaps person phrase pleonasm Plural Preterit pronounced pronunciation Queen redundant Reign Roger Ascham Saxon seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew Singular Sir John Skinner sound speaking Steevens Substantive Suff Superlatives suppose tells term termination thing Timon of Athens tion TOOKE'S MS Note Twelfth Night Tyrwhitt's Verb vulgar word worser write written York yourn
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Página 41 - ... had trimmed the other*. It is no very easy matter to read and understand Chaucer, and the Poets of that age, currently in their old-fashioned spelling (apart from their obsolete words), even when translated, as I may term it, into modern types ; and much less so in their ancient garb of the Gothick or black letter, till their language becomes familiarized by habit. I conceive...
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Página ix - Whether the Fashionable World will take the hints here given by our deceased Antiquary, to correct their expressions, and to guard against the perversion of grammar, we cannot pretend to- say : but of this we are confident, that, if they read his Essay, they will be amused by the playfulness of his verbal criticisms, and by the various anecdotes with which he has enlivened his pages.