A Sequel to the Diversions of Purley: Containing an Essay on English Verbs, with Remarks on Mr Tooke's Work, and Some Terms Employed to Denote Soul Or Spirit |
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... diminutiveness , or of our contempt and dislike . To SCRIBBLE , is derived by Dr. Johnson from the Latin scribo - scribillo . It does not , however , signify to write little , but that what is written 10 AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS .
... diminutiveness , or of our contempt and dislike . To SCRIBBLE , is derived by Dr. Johnson from the Latin scribo - scribillo . It does not , however , signify to write little , but that what is written 10 AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS .
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... signify to write little , but that what is written is little worth . TO PRANKLE , is a diminutive from to prance . Now sounding tongues assail his ear , Now sounding feet approachen near , And now the sounds encrease , And from the ...
... signify to write little , but that what is written is little worth . TO PRANKLE , is a diminutive from to prance . Now sounding tongues assail his ear , Now sounding feet approachen near , And now the sounds encrease , And from the ...
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... Anglosaxon verb scim - an or scim - ian , lucere , to shine , in the frequentative form to SHIMMER , has come to signify shining faintly or glimmering . With sic wourdis he schoutand did persew , And ay 26 AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS .
... Anglosaxon verb scim - an or scim - ian , lucere , to shine , in the frequentative form to SHIMMER , has come to signify shining faintly or glimmering . With sic wourdis he schoutand did persew , And ay 26 AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS .
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... from it . " He chats - he chatters . " I think the latter word expresses more than the former , and is a frequentative from it . Both signify " to talk idly " or prattle . " The frequentative also signifies " AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS . 27.
... from it . " He chats - he chatters . " I think the latter word expresses more than the former , and is a frequentative from it . Both signify " to talk idly " or prattle . " The frequentative also signifies " AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS . 27.
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... harme doing to any other persone . In getting richesse ye must flie idleness , & c . Chaucer , the Tale of Chaucer , fol . 78. p . 1. col . 2 . GATHER is often , perhaps oftenest , used to signify AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS . 37.
... harme doing to any other persone . In getting richesse ye must flie idleness , & c . Chaucer , the Tale of Chaucer , fol . 78. p . 1. col . 2 . GATHER is often , perhaps oftenest , used to signify AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH VERBS . 37.
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alii analogy Anglo Anglosaxon verb anima animi animus applied autem bodily act body breath called Chaucer Cicero ciple common conjecture connexion derived diminutive DINLE Diversions of Purley Douglas's Virgil Dryden effect Eneid English verbs etymo etymologists etymology expression fleog-an formed the frequentative French frequentative verbs GAST German ghost GLITTERING Gothic heaved hence Ibid instance Jamieson Johnson King Lear language Lapwing Latin Latin language Lindsay living principle metaphor metonymy Milton mind Moso-Gothic nature nouns objects old English opinion past parti past participle past tense perhaps philosophers Pope prefix preterite and past quæ Quintilian quod quotes resemblance Romeo and Juliet saxon Scotch Scotland seems sense signify similar simply and merely soul or spirit speak spiritus subtile supposed term thing thinking principle thou tongue Tooke Tooke's transferred trope truth verbs ending WANDER WAVER WELTER Wending whence wind word wraith
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