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... names of many ani- mals do not come from the sound these animals pro- duce . Because we do not call a hen cluck , a sparrow chirp , a dove coo , a cat mew , or a cow moo , he decries the whole system of onomatopoeia . If it were claimed ...
... names of many ani- mals do not come from the sound these animals pro- duce . Because we do not call a hen cluck , a sparrow chirp , a dove coo , a cat mew , or a cow moo , he decries the whole system of onomatopoeia . If it were claimed ...
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... names from a similarity of idea suggested by the sense of vision . Thus , from hwitan , to foam , our forefathers called all objects that were like the foam of the sea , white ; geelgan , to flame , gives us yellow , that is like the ...
... names from a similarity of idea suggested by the sense of vision . Thus , from hwitan , to foam , our forefathers called all objects that were like the foam of the sea , white ; geelgan , to flame , gives us yellow , that is like the ...
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... name of hrss ( horse ) to the animal of swift motion . R - o - u - g - h , smooth , fresh , sharp , raw , creep , flash , with some hun- dred others , are evidently harmonic . IV . IMITATIVE WORDS Are those that are suggested by the ...
... name of hrss ( horse ) to the animal of swift motion . R - o - u - g - h , smooth , fresh , sharp , raw , creep , flash , with some hun- dred others , are evidently harmonic . IV . IMITATIVE WORDS Are those that are suggested by the ...
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... names of the teas and a few slang expressions , we have borrowed nothing from them . There is no sound of r in the Chinese language . II . THE SEMITIC . This is indeed a noble family with a splendid an- cestry , and an unrivalled ...
... names of the teas and a few slang expressions , we have borrowed nothing from them . There is no sound of r in the Chinese language . II . THE SEMITIC . This is indeed a noble family with a splendid an- cestry , and an unrivalled ...
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... name emblazoned on a tablet of gold in the Kaaba . Nor was this a mere empty honor , for he was privileged to enter into the presence of his sover- eign without the formality to which the ordinary court- ier was subjected , and his ...
... name emblazoned on a tablet of gold in the Kaaba . Nor was this a mere empty honor , for he was privileged to enter into the presence of his sover- eign without the formality to which the ordinary court- ier was subjected , and his ...
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Page 95 - Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on, which they did bring, It was too wide a peck; And to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar (.just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light.
Page 96 - He wrote, as he tells us, with very little consideration ; when occasion or necessity called upon him, he poured out what the present moment happened to supply^ and, when once it had passed the press, ejected it from his mind ; for when he had no pecuniary interest, he had no further solicitude. Pope was not content to satisfy ; he desired to excel, and therefore always endeavored to do his best: he did not court the candor, but dared the judgment of his reader, and, expecting no indulgence from...
Page 96 - Youth is not rich in time, it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth, ask death-beds ; they can tell.
Page 97 - The ocean old, Centuries old, Strong as youth, and as uncontrolled, Paces restless to and fro, Up and down the sands of gold. His beating heart is not at rest ; And far and wide, With ceaseless flow, His beard of snow Heaves with the heaving of his breast.
Page 95 - All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, the light seen above forty miles round about for many nights. God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame...
Page 74 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 95 - Her cheeks so rare a white was on ; No daisy makes comparison, Who sees them is undone. For streaks of red were mingled there, Such as are on a Katherine pear (The side that's next the sun). 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.
Page 94 - The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children...
Page 95 - ... last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still, and let the flames burn on, which they did, for near two miles in length and one in breadth.
Page 93 - The most excellent Historic of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the lewe towards the sayd Merchant, in cutting a iust pound of his flesh : and the obtayning of Portia by the choyse of three chests.