Antiquitates Curiosae: The Etymology of Many Remarkable Old Sayings, Proverbs, & Singular CustomsT. & J. Allman, 1819 - 156 pages |
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... thing they saw was his good wife wal- lowing on the straw , who , alarmed at being dis- covered in such a posture and sweet condition , instantly started up , and calling David husband , gave occasion for a hearty fit of laughter , and ...
... thing they saw was his good wife wal- lowing on the straw , who , alarmed at being dis- covered in such a posture and sweet condition , instantly started up , and calling David husband , gave occasion for a hearty fit of laughter , and ...
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... thing was to be kept secret . GROG , DERIVATION OF THE WORD . This is a sea - term for rum and water , and ori- ginated from Admiral Vernon , who first intro- duced it on board ship ; he was called by the seamen Old Grog , from his ...
... thing was to be kept secret . GROG , DERIVATION OF THE WORD . This is a sea - term for rum and water , and ori- ginated from Admiral Vernon , who first intro- duced it on board ship ; he was called by the seamen Old Grog , from his ...
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... simile 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.
... simile 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.
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... things are in confusion they are said to be turned topsy - turvy , the expression is derived from the way in which turf for fuel is placed to dry on its being cut ; the surface of the ground is pared off with the heath growing on it ...
... things are in confusion they are said to be turned topsy - turvy , the expression is derived from the way in which turf for fuel is placed to dry on its being cut ; the surface of the ground is pared off with the heath growing on it ...
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... thing that was very gaudy , that it was saidt all tawdry ; as much as to say , all St. Audrey . derive aced 1 undi nd the ays in e it is way . 101 . Duse ave of of PURITAN , OR PURITANICAL FELLOW . Puritans are a sect that dissent from ...
... thing that was very gaudy , that it was saidt all tawdry ; as much as to say , all St. Audrey . derive aced 1 undi nd the ays in e it is way . 101 . Duse ave of of PURITAN , OR PURITANICAL FELLOW . Puritans are a sect that dissent from ...
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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
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.