Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and WisdomIvison, 1880 - Всего страниц: 302 |
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... better to say than this . Nor shall I wonder if you have something to say better ; for you seem to me to have considered things of this kind yourself , and to have learned them from others . Should you , then , say anything better ...
... better to say than this . Nor shall I wonder if you have something to say better ; for you seem to me to have considered things of this kind yourself , and to have learned them from others . Should you , then , say anything better ...
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... who first characterized that peering into another's faults and failings as ' SUSPICION . ' Could aught be more de- scriptive , and at the same time convey a better moral , or ' INSINU- than does ' SCANDAL , ' especially.
... who first characterized that peering into another's faults and failings as ' SUSPICION . ' Could aught be more de- scriptive , and at the same time convey a better moral , or ' INSINU- than does ' SCANDAL , ' especially.
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... better than that : " Flute . He hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in Athens . * French bigness ( gros , grosse ) , however , degenerates into English ' GROSSNESS , ' a fact of curious historic significance . † And see it ...
... better than that : " Flute . He hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in Athens . * French bigness ( gros , grosse ) , however , degenerates into English ' GROSSNESS , ' a fact of curious historic significance . † And see it ...
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... better proveth the excellency of this soil than the abundant growing of the palm trees without labour of man . This tree alone giveth unto man whatsoever his life beggeth at nature's hand . " ' STYLE ' and ' STILETTO ' might seem ...
... better proveth the excellency of this soil than the abundant growing of the palm trees without labour of man . This tree alone giveth unto man whatsoever his life beggeth at nature's hand . " ' STYLE ' and ' STILETTO ' might seem ...
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... better fate ! So does ' IMPOSTER ; ' but , indeed , any species of putting on ( im - posing ) is so apt to be an imposition that there is no wonder the word has taken this course . But we cannot offer this excuse for a ' BELDAME ...
... better fate ! So does ' IMPOSTER ; ' but , indeed , any species of putting on ( im - posing ) is so apt to be an imposition that there is no wonder the word has taken this course . But we cannot offer this excuse for a ' BELDAME ...
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Abusive adjective æsthetic allusion antique appellation application Archæology asserted beauty beeing Ben Jonson called Canterbury Tales Chaucer classic composition contributions corruption Cratylus curious Dean Swift derivation elements embalmed employed English Language English speech etymologically Euphuism example expression fact Falstaff fancy fantastic French genius German give grand Greek guage hath heart hence Henry IV human humor idioms important instance Italian Jacob Grimm King Latin laws literally living LOCO-FOCO Lord meaning merely metaphor mind modern moral nature noble Norman one's opprobrious origin passage passion person Philology Philosophy phrase Piers Ploughman poetry present primary primitive Purley RAMBLE rich Roman root Sartor Resartus Saxon Scotch sense Shakespeare significant signification simply speak spirit strange Surnames symbols Synonyms Tale tell term thee thing thou thought tion tongue utterance verb verbal Verstegan Webster whence wont word Zoroaster