Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and WisdomIvison, 1880 - Всего страниц: 302 |
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... gentem , " etc. * ' Weal ' is now only used as a noun , " The weal or woe in thee is placed . ” — Milton . Yet in Scotland they still use it as an adjective ( weel ) . What a long and entertaining yarn might be spun out.
... gentem , " etc. * ' Weal ' is now only used as a noun , " The weal or woe in thee is placed . ” — Milton . Yet in Scotland they still use it as an adjective ( weel ) . What a long and entertaining yarn might be spun out.
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... adjective rivalis is literally that which per- tains to a — rivus - stream or rivulet ; and the plural rivales was used to designate those who had a brook in common , or who got water from the same brook . * But , it being soon found ...
... adjective rivalis is literally that which per- tains to a — rivus - stream or rivulet ; and the plural rivales was used to designate those who had a brook in common , or who got water from the same brook . * But , it being soon found ...
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... adjective ' FRANK , ' with the French ' franc ' whence is , perhaps , also , our English ' FREE . ' If so , then both ' SLAVE ' and ' FREE ' have their origin in national appellations . The Greeks have always been regarded as a jolly ...
... adjective ' FRANK , ' with the French ' franc ' whence is , perhaps , also , our English ' FREE . ' If so , then both ' SLAVE ' and ' FREE ' have their origin in national appellations . The Greeks have always been regarded as a jolly ...
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... place , and only the adjective remaining as a reminiscence of the old vocable ; anon , both words . were retained , some compromise being struck between VICISSITUDES OF WORDS . 237 them — the Saxon , 236 SYNONYMS AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS .
... place , and only the adjective remaining as a reminiscence of the old vocable ; anon , both words . were retained , some compromise being struck between VICISSITUDES OF WORDS . 237 them — the Saxon , 236 SYNONYMS AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS .
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... adjective being the homely , hearty , common word — with , per- chance , a poetic or sentimental sense superadded thereto while the Latin remains literal - rigid and scientific . Instances innumerable might be adduced in illustration ...
... adjective being the homely , hearty , common word — with , per- chance , a poetic or sentimental sense superadded thereto while the Latin remains literal - rigid and scientific . Instances innumerable might be adduced in illustration ...
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