Antiquitates Curiosae: The Etymology of Many Remarkable Old Sayings, Proverbs, & Singular CustomsT. & J. Allman, 1819 - 156 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 11
עמוד 5
... praying , is now spent by the laity in eating and drinking . ORIGIN OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER . King Edward the Third , so deservedly cele- brated in English history , was a prince of the most exalted soul and undaunted bravery , and ...
... praying , is now spent by the laity in eating and drinking . ORIGIN OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER . King Edward the Third , so deservedly cele- brated in English history , was a prince of the most exalted soul and undaunted bravery , and ...
עמוד 17
... prayers , accompanied with wishes , that they might be saved from the dangerous effects of the corruption of the air . This is a fable , invented contrary to all the rules of probability ; it being certain , that this custom subsisted ...
... prayers , accompanied with wishes , that they might be saved from the dangerous effects of the corruption of the air . This is a fable , invented contrary to all the rules of probability ; it being certain , that this custom subsisted ...
עמוד 18
... prayer , and uttered wishes for the preservation of that extraordinary being . His creature heard him : he remembered the wishes , and took particular care , upon similar occasions , to apply them to his descendants ; who , from father ...
... prayer , and uttered wishes for the preservation of that extraordinary being . His creature heard him : he remembered the wishes , and took particular care , upon similar occasions , to apply them to his descendants ; who , from father ...
עמוד 19
... prayers were heard ; he sneezed , but did not die . All the princes of the earth being informed of the fact , ordered with one accord , that for the time to come , sneezing should be accompanied with thanksgiving , and wishes for the ...
... prayers were heard ; he sneezed , but did not die . All the princes of the earth being informed of the fact , ordered with one accord , that for the time to come , sneezing should be accompanied with thanksgiving , and wishes for the ...
עמוד 26
... Prayer , in Latin , so they are used for the title to the whole and , therefore , the meaning of the ex- pression is , no money no prayers . ORIGIN OF THE PROVERB- " YOU ARE LIKE HUNT'S DOG , NEITHER GO TO CHURCH , NOR STAY AT HOME ...
... Prayer , in Latin , so they are used for the title to the whole and , therefore , the meaning of the ex- pression is , no money no prayers . ORIGIN OF THE PROVERB- " YOU ARE LIKE HUNT'S DOG , NEITHER GO TO CHURCH , NOR STAY AT HOME ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Curious Antiquities: Or the Etymology of Many Remarkable Old Sayings ... <span dir=ltr>Joseph Taylor</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2008 |
Curious Antiquities: Or, the Etymology of Many Remarkable Old Sayings ... <span dir=ltr>Joseph Taylor</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2015 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
afterwards antiquity became Bideford bishop Brahmin bread Bugle built Bull called Candlemas CHIG Christian church cocks corruption court COURT-LEET curfew bell derived devil Duke Earl Edward the Third England English etymology fire formerly French GAN UNIV gave Gilt Spur granted Greek Henry III Henry the Eighth HIGAN UNIVER HOBSON'S CHOICE HOCUS POCUS honour horse hundred HUNGARY WATER IGAN Inigo Jones Jubilee king land Lane London lord master mayor MIC SITY MIC UNIV monks night NINE TAILORS NIVERS observed occasion ORIGIN parish person pilgrim plough Pope prayers present priests proverb Queen reign Romans Rome RSITY Sabbath saint Saxon Saxon word saying shew SHOOTER'S HILL Shrove Shrove Tuesday signifies Sissa sneeze solemn Street Sunday thence tion took its name town trithings Twelfth-day Tyburn UNIV MIC UNIV UNIV UNIVE MICHI Ward whence Whigs Whitsun wine
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 113 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meat, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
עמוד 113 - This form of feeding I understand is generally used in all places of Italy, their forks being for the most part made of iron or steel, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is because the Italian cannot by any means endure to ha.ve his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean.
עמוד 112 - For while with their knife which they hold in one hand they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten their forke which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish...
עמוד 72 - It was consecrated to Hertha, the Goddess of Peace and Fertility ; and no quarrels might be maintained, no blood shed, during this truce of the Goddess. Each village, in the absence of the Baron at the assembly of the nation, enjoyed a kind of Saturnalia. The vassals met upon the common green around the May-pole, where they elected a village lord, or king, as he was called, who chose his queen.
עמוד 104 - Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: 20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
עמוד 43 - Bless to both nations this auspicious hour ! So may the Trojan and the Tyrian line In lasting. concord from this day combine. Thou, Bacchus, god of joys and friendly cheer, And gracious Juno, both, be present here ! And you, my lords of Tyre, your vows address To heaven with mine, to ratify the peace.
עמוד 92 - ... great number of copies being found, they were seized : the red ink, with which they were embellished, was said to be his blood : it was seriously adjudged that he was in league with the devil; and if he had not...
עמוד 91 - As he sold his printed copies for sixty crowns, •while the scribes demanded five hundred, this created universal astonishment : but when he produced copies as fast as they were •wanted, and lowered the price to thirty crowns, all Paris was agitated. The uniformity of the copies increased the wonder. Informations were given...
עמוד 59 - On the annual aquatic procession of the Lord Mayor of London to Westminster, the barge of the Company of Stationers, which is usually the first in the show, proceeds to Lambeth Palace, where from time immemorial they (the Stationers) receive a present of sixteen bottles of the archbishop's prime wine.
עמוד 90 - Some will have St. Anthony's picture on the walls of their houses, hoping by that to be preserved from the plague ; and the Italians, who do not know the true signification of the fire painted at the side of their saint, concluding that he preserves houses from being burnt, invoke him on such occasions.