Antiquitates Curiosae: The Etymology of Many Remarkable Old Sayings, Proverbs, & Singular CustomsT. & J. Allman, 1819 - 156 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד 24
... THE WORD PARLIAMENT . This word is of French origin , and is derived from the word parlement , which signifies discours- ing , conferring , or conversing with , and is likewise derived from a parler le mente , to speak one's 24.
... THE WORD PARLIAMENT . This word is of French origin , and is derived from the word parlement , which signifies discours- ing , conferring , or conversing with , and is likewise derived from a parler le mente , to speak one's 24.
עמוד 25
... signifies solely an attendant on horses , is derived from the French word hosteller , a person who kept a house of enter . tainment ; which houses were denominated hos- tels , and by us at this day hotels . Though some persons ...
... signifies solely an attendant on horses , is derived from the French word hosteller , a person who kept a house of enter . tainment ; which houses were denominated hos- tels , and by us at this day hotels . Though some persons ...
עמוד 28
... signifies a garment plaited in the upper part of the neck . We read that the Egyptian priests of Isis had such gar- ments long before the Levitical priesthood ; then the Levites wore them and breeches as transient shadows of the ...
... signifies a garment plaited in the upper part of the neck . We read that the Egyptian priests of Isis had such gar- ments long before the Levitical priesthood ; then the Levites wore them and breeches as transient shadows of the ...
עמוד 38
... signifying basket , pan- nier , kettle , or coffin ; and the last a hollow place , cavern , or the like . THE REASON OF ... signifies be it so . And this gives us the reason why we are to conclude our prayers with so appropriate a word ...
... signifying basket , pan- nier , kettle , or coffin ; and the last a hollow place , cavern , or the like . THE REASON OF ... signifies be it so . And this gives us the reason why we are to conclude our prayers with so appropriate a word ...
עמוד 63
... taken from the momen- tary pause of a peg - top , or humming top , when its rotatory motion is at its height , but no such thing . The word top is Italian , topo in that language signifies a mouse : it is the generic name , 68.
... taken from the momen- tary pause of a peg - top , or humming top , when its rotatory motion is at its height , but no such thing . The word top is Italian , topo in that language signifies a mouse : it is the generic name , 68.
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.