A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words, Antiquated Phrases, Proverbial Expressions, Obscure Allusions, and of Words which Have Changed Their Significations;: Illustrative of the Works of Our Early Dramatic and Lyric Poets; with Historical Notices of Ancient Customs, Manners, &c., &cW. Pickering, 1832 - 467 páginas |
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... corruption of au- burn , which was sometimes written abron , from which , by an easy transition , the present word came into use ; but the greater probability is , that Abraham was depicted in the old tapestries with a yellow , or ...
... corruption of au- burn , which was sometimes written abron , from which , by an easy transition , the present word came into use ; but the greater probability is , that Abraham was depicted in the old tapestries with a yellow , or ...
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... afraid ; the latter , however , is a manifest corruption . Were thou afered of her eie ? For of her honde there is no dred . C GOWER'S CON . AM . With scalled brows , blake and pilled berd , Of ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. ...
... afraid ; the latter , however , is a manifest corruption . Were thou afered of her eie ? For of her honde there is no dred . C GOWER'S CON . AM . With scalled brows , blake and pilled berd , Of ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. ...
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... , said to be a corruption of end irons or brand irons , and more commonly called dogs , on which wood is laid to burn . This is the E general definition found in the lexicons ; but neither the ETYMOLOGICAE DICTIONARY . 37.
... , said to be a corruption of end irons or brand irons , and more commonly called dogs , on which wood is laid to burn . This is the E general definition found in the lexicons ; but neither the ETYMOLOGICAE DICTIONARY . 37.
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... . Dr. Jamieson derives it from tergiverser , and in this sense Butler uses the word ; but may it not be a burlesque corruption of vice versa , used accord- ing to its vulgar acceptation , to go the contrary 56 A GLOSSARIAL AND.
... . Dr. Jamieson derives it from tergiverser , and in this sense Butler uses the word ; but may it not be a burlesque corruption of vice versa , used accord- ing to its vulgar acceptation , to go the contrary 56 A GLOSSARIAL AND.
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... corruption of algorism , an Ara- bic word , signifying the art of numeration . Pebbles and milled sixpences were formerly used in Eng .. land as counters to reckon by . The Greeks and Romans in the earliest periods used stones , and ...
... corruption of algorism , an Ara- bic word , signifying the art of numeration . Pebbles and milled sixpences were formerly used in Eng .. land as counters to reckon by . The Greeks and Romans in the earliest periods used stones , and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ALISAUNDRE ancient anon applied called CHAUCER'S KNIGHT'S TALE CHAUCER'S MILLER'S TALE CHAUCER'S NONNES CHAUCER'S REVE'S TALE CHAUCER'S ROM cloth CŒUR DE LION colour CORIOLANUS corruption court CRESS custom denote derived doth EASTWARD HOE etymology fair fool formerly French GAMMER GURTON'S NEEDLE gold GOWER'S GREENE'S TU QUOQUE grete HAMLET hath head hence HONEST WHORE horse HUDIBRAS IBID JONSON'S king kyng ladies LEAR London lord LOST MACBETH meaning MEAS MERRY WIVES MILTON'S modern word NIGHT'S DREAM O. P. GAM O. P. GAMMER GURTON'S O. P. LINGUA O. P. THE FOUR O. P. THE HONEST OTHELLO PARDONER'S TALE person play PLOWMAN'S PLOWMAN'S TALE QUEEN RICH ROARING GIRL ROMEO AND JULIET ROSE sense SEVEN SAGES Shakspeare SHREW signify song spelt SPENSER'S F SPENSER'S SHEP sword term of contempt thee thing thou TROI TWELFTH NIGHT wine WINTER'S TALE WIVES OF WINDSOR wold woman worn
Pasajes populares
Página 35 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Página 74 - Our bruised arms hung up for monuments ; Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
Página 220 - ... soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
Página 124 - I know each lane, and every alley green, Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood, And every bosky bourn from side to side, My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood...
Página 11 - ... were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,* Straining upon the start. The game's afoot ; Follow your spirit : and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry ! England ! and Saint George ! [Exeunt . Alarum, and Chambers go off.
Página 69 - Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry : 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag.
Página 333 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Página 396 - And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw...
Página 25 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom...
Página 215 - Are they none of Duke Humphrey's furies ( Do you think that they devis'd this plot in Paul's to get a dinner ? OP A MATCH AT MIDNIGHT.