Fragments of Two Essays in English PhilologyMacmillan, 1873 - 80 páginas Words derived from names of persons.--Words corrupted by false analogy or false derivation. |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
accidunt adjectives Adonis adverb adverbial genitive ancient Anglosaxon apples Apuleius authors better called Chaucer common compound consonant corruption croune dames derived Dioscorides discoverd distinction Duchess of Malfy edition English errour false analogy fancy fashion flower forein fruit gardens genitive German Gower Grammar Greek haberdasher hath herb Holinshed honour Horne Tooke hose Hudibras instance Italian king l'envoy Ladies language Latin latter lever Lord Berners manner mark of elision Maundevile meaning mentiond Milton modern Morte d'Arthur natural never Nicotian Northward Ho noun old French origin pantaloons participle passage perhaps person plant Pliny plural poets prefix preposition preterite probably publisht queen resemblance Robert of Gloucester Roman roquelaure rosemary Saxon says seems Shakspeare shew singular sort Spanish spelling spelt Spenser St Catherine St John substitute supposed syllable termed termination Theophrastus tives tree unto usage usually Venus verb vowel wolde word writes written wrote
Passagens conhecidas
Página 49 - Nouns ending in z, s, sh, g, and ch, in the declining take to the genitive singular i, and to the plural e ; as Sing {Pprince', \ Plur. ( *> [Princes,] {^rinces, so rose, bush, age, breech, &c., which distinctions not observed, brought in first the monstrous syntax of the pronoun his joining with a noun betokening a possessor ; as the prince his house, for the princes house.
Página 51 - Whose shapeless form in ample plaits depends; By various names in various counties known, Yet held in all the true Surtout alone: Be thine of Kersey firm, though small the cost, Then brave unwet the rain, unchill'd the frost.
Página 15 - Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compared to that was next her chin. Some bee had stung it newly; But Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze Than on the sun in July.
Página 8 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Página 49 - I might here observe, that the same single letter on many occasions does the office of a whole word, and represents the His and Her of our fore-fathers.
Página 51 - I have a project in my head, as it is a bad night, of wrapping myself up warm in my roquelaure, and paying a visit to this poor gentleman.
Página 49 - Nor trod upon the ground so soft ; And as that beast would kneel and stoop (Some write) to take his rider up ; So Hudibras his ('tis well known) Would often do, to set him down.
Página 44 - Go, hang out an old frisoneergorget, with a yard of yellow colberteen again, do; an old gnawed mask, two rows of pins, and a child's fiddle; a glass necklace with the beads broken, and a quilted night-cap with one ear. Go, go, drive a trade.
Página 44 - Poor Brother Tom had an Accident this time Twelvemonth, and so clever a made Fellow he was, that I could not save him from those fleaing Rascals the Surgeons; and now, poor Man, he is among the Otamys at Surgeon's Hall.
Página 54 - Strait the new engine on his anvil glows, And the pale virgin on the patten rose. No more her lungs are shook with dropping rheums, And on her cheek reviving beauty blooms. The God obtain'd his suit; though flatt'ry fail, Presents with female virtue must prevail. The patten now supports each frugal dame, Which from the blue-ey'd Patty takes the name.