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... present fubfifts among us ? what is it all , but a knowledge of the works , and the labors , which thofe truly great men have tranfmitted to pofterity ; and which have been fo happily , and fo fuccefsfully adopted by our beft English ...
... present fubfifts among us ? what is it all , but a knowledge of the works , and the labors , which thofe truly great men have tranfmitted to pofterity ; and which have been fo happily , and fo fuccefsfully adopted by our beft English ...
Page vii
... present spoken , and written , if indeed written at all , in its own native country ; which is now inhabited by a race of men , who , tho ' defcended from their great progenitors , and tho ' living in very fame climate , yet are now ...
... present spoken , and written , if indeed written at all , in its own native country ; which is now inhabited by a race of men , who , tho ' defcended from their great progenitors , and tho ' living in very fame climate , yet are now ...
Page viii
... present time , with the utmost purity and perfection , I mean in the writings of their poets , orators , and histo- rians , notwithstanding they have fo long outlived their primitive pronunciation : for the works of those eminent Greeks ...
... present time , with the utmost purity and perfection , I mean in the writings of their poets , orators , and histo- rians , notwithstanding they have fo long outlived their primitive pronunciation : for the works of those eminent Greeks ...
Page xv
... present times - 3862 years . So long a period has elapfed , fince Greece was first of all colonized : -- now , let any one of our antiquaries , or etymologifts , point out to us a period earlier than the taking of Troy , or than even ...
... present times - 3862 years . So long a period has elapfed , fince Greece was first of all colonized : -- now , let any one of our antiquaries , or etymologifts , point out to us a period earlier than the taking of Troy , or than even ...
Page xxiv
... present age , what were the causes that moved Cafar to fhew fuch a readiness in this expedition ; but let me with all impar- tiality observe , that both Britons and Gauls , under Brennus I. a British king , might , if they pleased ...
... present age , what were the causes that moved Cafar to fhew fuch a readiness in this expedition ; but let me with all impar- tiality observe , that both Britons and Gauls , under Brennus I. a British king , might , if they pleased ...
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Æol alfo alſo antient apud atque autem becauſe Belg Cæfar Cafaub Celtic Celts Chrift Clel commonly written confequently Gr contraction defcended derived derived à dialect dicitur effe elfe elſe enim etiam etym etymol expreffion faid fame root fays fays Skinn feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fo called fome fometimes fortaffe French ftill fuch funt fuppofe Gall Gauls Græcis Greek hæc Hefych himſelf hinc Iceland ifland Ital itſelf Junius language Latin likewife mallem Mizraim moſt muſt nifi obferves omnia origin perfon perhaps potius prefent quæ quafi quam quia quòd reafon Revd rived Romans Samothes Saxon ſays ſeems Skinn Skinn."-but Skinner tamen Teut thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe tranfpofition uſed vel à verb Verft Verftegan Voff Voffius whence word write
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Page 20 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Page 36 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page xxxix - 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 9 - 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 36 - Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, And with a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors, he comes before me.
Page 15 - For th" other, as great clerks have done. He could reduce all things to acts, And knew their natures by abstracts; Where entity and quiddity, The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly; Where Truth in person does appear, Like words congealed in northern air.
Page 15 - ... continuo in silvis magna vi flexa domatur in burim et curvi formam accipit ulmus aratri. 170 huic ab stirpe pedes temo protentus in octo, binae aures, duplici aptantur dentalia dorso. caeditur et tilia ante iugo levis altaque fagus stivaque, quae currus a tergo torqueat imos, et suspensa focis explorat robora fumus.
Page 15 - AY me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps...
Page 36 - 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.
Page 15 - With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial, And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager...