English etymology; or, A derivative dictionary of the English language |
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English Etymology Or a Derivative Dictionary of the English Language: In Two ... George William Lemon No preview available - 2009 |
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à Lat Æol alfo Alph antient apud atque autem becauſe Belg Cafaub Celtic Celts Chrift Clel commonly written confequently Gr contraction defcended deflectit derived derived à dialect dicitur dictum effe elfe elſe enim etiam etym etymol expreffion exprefs faid fame root fays Skinn feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fo called fome fometimes fortaffe fpecies French ftill fuch funt fuppofe Gall Græcis Greek hæc Hefych himſelf hinc Iceland idem inftar Ital Junius language Latin likewife mallem muſt nifi obferves olim omnia origin orthogr perfon perhaps potius præ prefent proprie quæ quafi quam quia fc quòd quoque reafon Revd rived Saxon ſeems Skinn."-but Skinner tamen Teut thefe theſe theſe words thing thofe thoſe tranfpofition ufed uſed vel à verb Verft Voff Voffius whence writes
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Page 11 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 11 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 18 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yond...
Page 18 - CHIMERA ; a fabulous monster, breathing flames, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, which laid waste the fields of Lycia, and was at last destroyed by Bcllerophon.
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