Word Gossip: A Series of Familiar Essays on Words and Their PecularitiesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 234 páginas |
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... French , and the younger ones some German , and the young men believe it the thing to nod as if they had read or heard Lectures on the Science of Language , and their sisters without any nodding have really read and liked such books as ...
... French , and the younger ones some German , and the young men believe it the thing to nod as if they had read or heard Lectures on the Science of Language , and their sisters without any nodding have really read and liked such books as ...
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... word vouchsafe . He makes it part of a French phrase , ' Veux , sauf ton hon- neur , me permettre , ' & c . 6 ' Deign , saving your some such honour , to permit me , ' & c . ; thus implying where- ever the word is used the astonishing ...
... word vouchsafe . He makes it part of a French phrase , ' Veux , sauf ton hon- neur , me permettre , ' & c . 6 ' Deign , saving your some such honour , to permit me , ' & c . ; thus implying where- ever the word is used the astonishing ...
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... word tally - ho ! For this a writer in ' Notes and Queries ' suggests the French derivation , au taillis , -literally to the copse . The very use of the word might have shown the absurdity of such a suggestion . It is only when the fox ...
... word tally - ho ! For this a writer in ' Notes and Queries ' suggests the French derivation , au taillis , -literally to the copse . The very use of the word might have shown the absurdity of such a suggestion . It is only when the fox ...
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... word in sense and sound ; whatever its origin , and however singular the fact that we spell it with the double l , which the French pronounce exactly as in the words ta - hiau , it is manifest that the derivation au taillis was never ...
... word in sense and sound ; whatever its origin , and however singular the fact that we spell it with the double l , which the French pronounce exactly as in the words ta - hiau , it is manifest that the derivation au taillis was never ...
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... French word épingle , which in its earlier form , espingle , exhibits the initial s of spina , are entirely con- clusive on the point in debate . Again , with reference to the derivation of the word umpire conjectural etymology has been ...
... French word épingle , which in its earlier form , espingle , exhibits the initial s of spina , are entirely con- clusive on the point in debate . Again , with reference to the derivation of the word umpire conjectural etymology has been ...
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A. H. CLOUGH abridged accuracy analogy Ancient applied Author backgammon Baron BUNSEN bell called Christian Church cognate Coll coloured common conjecture course Crown 8vo D.D. Lord Bishop derivation English word equivalent error Essays etymology explain fact Fifth Edition Fourth Edition French word German give Greek idea Illustrations implies instance J. W. DONALDSON JOHN JOHN CLARK MARSHMAN JOHN TYNDALL K. O. MÜLLER ladies language Latin LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY laudanum LECTURES LIBRARY EDITION literary literature LL.D LORD MACAULAY M.A. late MANUAL Maps MAX MÜLLER meaning metaphor natural old High German origin Oxford PEOPLE'S EDITION person phrase Plates Portrait Post 8vo Practical prefix PUBLISHED BY LONGMANS readers reference revised and enlarged Revised Edition Second Edition sense signifying sort sound speak square crown 8vo supposed synonym term thing Third Edition tion Translated TREATISE University verb vols WILLIAM Wood Woodcuts writing
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