Antiquitates Curiosae: The Etymology of Many Remarkable Old Sayings, Proverbs, & Singular CustomsT. & J. Allman, 1819 - 156 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 10
עמוד 12
... WINES . Our Mountain wine comes from the mountains around Malaga . Tent is Tinto , tinged or red wine . Sherry from Xeres , ( the Spanish r is pro- nounced sh or ch , ) in the south of Spain , where the great battle was fought between ...
... WINES . Our Mountain wine comes from the mountains around Malaga . Tent is Tinto , tinged or red wine . Sherry from Xeres , ( the Spanish r is pro- nounced sh or ch , ) in the south of Spain , where the great battle was fought between ...
עמוד 13
... wine was afterwards propagated at Ali- cant , the Canaries , and Madeira . SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THE SIGN OF THE BUGLE IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT . It has been asked by many , how this sign be- came such a favourite in the Isle of Wight , and no ...
... wine was afterwards propagated at Ali- cant , the Canaries , and Madeira . SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THE SIGN OF THE BUGLE IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT . It has been asked by many , how this sign be- came such a favourite in the Isle of Wight , and no ...
עמוד 42
... wine , and even to drink wine in honour of the gods . Sometimes this cere- mony was introduced at their meals ; but , in their more solemn entertainments , it was performed in the interval preceding the mensæ secundæ , which answers to ...
... wine , and even to drink wine in honour of the gods . Sometimes this cere- mony was introduced at their meals ; but , in their more solemn entertainments , it was performed in the interval preceding the mensæ secundæ , which answers to ...
עמוד 43
... wine ; Then , silence thro ' the hall proclaim'd , she spoke : O hospitable Jove , we thus invoke , With solemn ... wines do flow , To thee the author of our peace ; As much as grateful Greece can show To Castor , or great Hercules ...
... wine ; Then , silence thro ' the hall proclaim'd , she spoke : O hospitable Jove , we thus invoke , With solemn ... wines do flow , To thee the author of our peace ; As much as grateful Greece can show To Castor , or great Hercules ...
עמוד 59
... wine . This custom originated at the be- ginning of the last century : -When Archbishop Tenison enjoyed the see , a very near relation of his , who happened to be master of the Sta- tioners ' Company , thought it a compliment to call ...
... wine . This custom originated at the be- ginning of the last century : -When Archbishop Tenison enjoyed the see , a very near relation of his , who happened to be master of the Sta- tioners ' Company , thought it a compliment to call ...
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.