A dictionary of derivations: or, An introduction to etymology: on a new planSullivan Bros., 1870 - 304 ページ |
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abbreviation analogies ancient Anglo-Saxon apocope appearance arms bend called cast Celtic Compare the derivation Compare the formation contraction corruption cover denotes derivation and meaning derive this word DICTIONARY OF DERIVATIONS digamma diminutive dropping Dublin Edition English language English words escoute etymologists etymology examples formerly written French word Geography give Gothic granum Greek Greek Alphabet hand head hence the term inserted Irish Italian Johnson says kind kindred letter Latin word latrocinium Low Latin lumbus manner manus Menage metathesis mouth Old F one's originally applied originally meant pare past participle perhaps person platanus preceding word prefixed Probably proper properly means Purley quia quod river Romans root seems Saxon sense Shakspeare signify similarly derived SPERMACETI stone Sullivan's syllable syncope termination thing tion Tooke says town verb vowels whence wool writing young
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179 ページ - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
180 ページ - ... school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.
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167 ページ - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
64 ページ - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
119 ページ - Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green, Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown, That mock our scant manuring, and require More hands than ours to lop their wanton growth: Those blossoms also and those dropping gums, That lie bestrewn unsightly and unsmooth, Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease: Meanwhile, as nature wills, night bids us rest.
210 ページ - With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
144 ページ - I tell thee thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied!
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