 We have more words than notions ; half a dozen words for the same thing : sometimes we put a new signification to an old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 461810Full view - About this book
 | John Selden - Table-talk - 1786 - 196 pages
...old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun, was in use in England for an engine to cist a thing from a man, long before there was any gunpowder found out. V. Words must be fitted to a man's mouth; 'twas well said of the fellow that was to make a speech for... | |
 | John Selden - Anecdotes - 1798 - 166 pages
...old Word, as when we call a Piece a Gun. The Word Gun was in ufe in England for an Engine, to caft a thing from a man, long before there was any Gun-powder found out. 5. Words muft be fitted to a Man's Mouth ; 'twat well faid of the Fellow that was to make a Speech for my Lord... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 230 pages
...signification to an old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there...mouth ; it was well said of the fellow that was to make a speech for my lord mayor, he desired to take measure of his lordship's mouth. LAW. 1. A MAN... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...signification to an old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there...mouth; it was well said of the fellow that was to make a speech for my lord mayor, he desired to take measure of his lordship's mouth. LAW. 1. A MAN... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - English essays - 1819 - 378 pages
...was in use iti England for an engine to cast a thing from a mail, long before there was any guupowder found out. 5. Words must be fitted to a man's mouth. It was well said of the fellow that was to make a speech for my lord mayor, he desired to take measure of his lordship's mouth. LAW. 1. A man... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 328 pages
...signification to an old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there...mouth. It was well said of the fellow that was to make a speech for my lord mayor, he desired to take measure of his lordship's mouth. LAW. 1. A man... | |
 | John Selden - 1821 - 170 pages
...signification to an old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there...mouth. It was well said of the fellow that was to make a speech for my lord mayor, he desired to take measure of his lordship's mouth. 1. A man may plead... | |
 | George Moir - Anecdotes - 1827 - 466 pages
...signification to an old word, as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there...mouth. It was well said of the fellow that was to make a speech for my lord mayor, he desired to take measure of his lordship's mouth. xv. LAW. 1. A... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...nification to an old word; as when we call a piece a guri. The word gun was used in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there was any gunpowder found out. — Selden. DCCLXVI. The caution authors now proceed with shows the refinement of the times; still... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...signification to an old word; as when we call a piece a gun. The word gun was used in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man, long before there was any gunpowder found out. — Selden. DCCLXVL The caution authors now proceed with shows the refinement of the times; still they... | |
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