A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... Words , how varied . MR . URBAN , ONE of the most peculiar circumstances relating to lan- guage is the mutation of the sense of words , in different ages , so that the same word to which a good meaning was formerly affixed , may now ...
... Words , how varied . MR . URBAN , ONE of the most peculiar circumstances relating to lan- guage is the mutation of the sense of words , in different ages , so that the same word to which a good meaning was formerly affixed , may now ...
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... words being debased by vulgar use . An in- stance of this kind we have in the word lawyer , a name vul- garly given to every the meanest pettifogger ; every farrier , little apothecary , or surgeon's mate , is also commonly ho- noured ...
... words being debased by vulgar use . An in- stance of this kind we have in the word lawyer , a name vul- garly given to every the meanest pettifogger ; every farrier , little apothecary , or surgeon's mate , is also commonly ho- noured ...
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... word , Dr. Trapp refers his reader to another passage in Virgil , Æneid xii . 687 . Fertur in abruptum magno mons ... words , -Sylvas , armenta , virosque Involvens secum , describing the mischiefs occasioned by its fall , prove that it ...
... word , Dr. Trapp refers his reader to another passage in Virgil , Æneid xii . 687 . Fertur in abruptum magno mons ... words , -Sylvas , armenta , virosque Involvens secum , describing the mischiefs occasioned by its fall , prove that it ...
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... word Cæsar in the Punic language , as is testified both by Servius and Spartian , denoted an elephant . But what is most remarkable , some of the fathers of the church , called our Saviour xus , piscis , Tertullianus de Bap- tismo , p ...
... word Cæsar in the Punic language , as is testified both by Servius and Spartian , denoted an elephant . But what is most remarkable , some of the fathers of the church , called our Saviour xus , piscis , Tertullianus de Bap- tismo , p ...
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... word Rebus is taken from the ablative case plural of the noun Res , and in its literal sense denotes the intimation , or signification , a man gives of his opinion , affection , or in- tention , by things , instead of words , and the ...
... word Rebus is taken from the ablative case plural of the noun Res , and in its literal sense denotes the intimation , or signification , a man gives of his opinion , affection , or in- tention , by things , instead of words , and the ...
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Стр. 305 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
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Стр. 363 - Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next, and next all human race...
Стр. 360 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon. The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Стр. 138 - And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.