A Student's Pastime: Being a Select Series of Articles Reprinted from "Notes and Queries,"Clarendon Press, 1896 - 410 pages |
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Page 18 - Who loves not woman, wine, and song, Remains a fool his whole life long.
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Page 221 - And they be these: the Wood, the Weed, the Wag. The Wood is that that makes the gallows tree; The Weed is that that strings the hangman's bag; The Wag, my pretty knave, betokens thee. Now mark, dear boy - while these assemble not, Green springs the tree, hemp grows, the wag is wild; But when they meet, it makes the timber rot, It frets the halter, and it chokes the child. Then bless thee, and beware, and let us pray We part not with thee at this meeting-day. THE PASSIONATE MAN'S PILGRIMAGE...
Page 316 - There is still a good deal to be done in the way of tabulating phonetic changes in English, and I hope that the faithful drudges who attempt to register examples contribute somewhat to the clearer understanding of the subject. It occurs to me that the loss of v in English words seems to take place most commonly before r, x, and /. Before r.
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Page 42 - And that no [baker] of the town shall give unto the 3 regratresses the six pence on Monday morning by way of hansel-money, or the three pence on Friday for curtesy-money ; but, after the ancient manner, [let him give] thirteen articles of bread for twelve.