Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and WisdomIvison, 1880 - Всего страниц: 302 |
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... The Crusades rise at the spell . Saunt and Terre - the holy land — is the composition of the term and so , literally , a going to the Holy Land . But as this originally meritorious performance soon degenerated in many.
... The Crusades rise at the spell . Saunt and Terre - the holy land — is the composition of the term and so , literally , a going to the Holy Land . But as this originally meritorious performance soon degenerated in many.
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... terms burdens of abuse . The very anatomy of the human passions is to be found here . I may instance ' RASCAL ' whose primary signification is , in the words of Verstegan , an " il favoured leane and woorthelesse deer , " and ...
... terms burdens of abuse . The very anatomy of the human passions is to be found here . I may instance ' RASCAL ' whose primary signification is , in the words of Verstegan , an " il favoured leane and woorthelesse deer , " and ...
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... term naturally came to assume the opprobrious mean- ing it bears with us . As to ' VIXEN ' that is just a fox - en - she fox , and ' BLACKGUARD ' shuts up a . curious piece of English history , of which more anon . The Morals in Words ...
... term naturally came to assume the opprobrious mean- ing it bears with us . As to ' VIXEN ' that is just a fox - en - she fox , and ' BLACKGUARD ' shuts up a . curious piece of English history , of which more anon . The Morals in Words ...
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... terms , wherein alluding to our æsthetic application of such expressions as ' taste , ' ' tact ' ( from the Latin verb to touch ) , ' eye , ' etc. , he observes that we will doubtless soon come to speak of a man with a fine ' nose ' for ...
... terms , wherein alluding to our æsthetic application of such expressions as ' taste , ' ' tact ' ( from the Latin verb to touch ) , ' eye , ' etc. , he observes that we will doubtless soon come to speak of a man with a fine ' nose ' for ...
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... terms implying the nose - and ' ACUTENESS ' is properly just sharpness of hearing . How copiously , too , has the Eye contributed ! CIR- CUMSPECTION , ' for instance , is a careful looking ( specio ) around on all sides ( circum ) ...
... terms implying the nose - and ' ACUTENESS ' is properly just sharpness of hearing . How copiously , too , has the Eye contributed ! CIR- CUMSPECTION , ' for instance , is a careful looking ( specio ) around on all sides ( circum ) ...
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