 | 1833
...change their meanings, as well as their spelling and pronunciation, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If I should call a man...him, that one of the words originally signified only a lad or servant ; and the other an under-ploughman, or the inhabitant of a village. It is from present... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1833 - 295 páginas
...change their meanings, as well as their spelling and pronunciation, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If I should call a man...him that one of the words originally signified only a lad or servant; and the other an under-ploughman, or the inhabitant of a village. It is from present... | |
 | 1834
...pronunciation, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If 1 should call a man a/mace and a villain, he would hardly be satisfied with my...him, that one of the words originally signified only a lad or servant; and the other an under-ploughman, or the inhabitant of a village. It is from present... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1848
...E / mesh 3 5 measur C c call G e g-all VJ g sang H h Aay O o bone U a htet ID vu frol TJ u full HU news considerable portion of a new alphabet. Let any...that one of the words originally signified only * The *ound of ee in feet a represented by a letter which is nearly the italic i; • in date and a in psalm... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - 1848 - 180 páginas
...change their meanings, as well as their spellings and pronunciations, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If I should call a man...him that one of the words originally signified only a Lad or Servant, and the other an Under Ploughman, or the Inhabitant of a Village. It is by their... | |
 | 1848
...change their meanings as well as their spellings and pronunciations, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If I should call a man...hardly be satisfied with my telling him that one of these words originally signified a lad or a servant, and the other an under ploughman. It is by their... | |
 | 1846
...to etymology for their present meaning. In answering this objection, Dr. Franklin says : — • " If I should call a man a knave and a villain, he would...hardly be satisfied with my telling him that one of these words originally signified only a lad or a servant, and the other an under ploughman, or tho... | |
 | 1848
...pronunciations, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If I suould call a man a htia.ee and a villain, he would hardly be satisfied with my telling him that one of these words originally signified a lad or a servant, and the other an under ploughman. It is by their... | |
 | 1849
...well as their spellings and pronunciations, and we do not look to etymology for their present meaning. If I should call a man a knave and a villain, he would...him, that one of the words originally signified only a lad or a servant, and the other an under ploughman or the inhabitant of a village." We may add, that... | |
 | Claude Marcel - 1853
...change their meanings, as well as their spellings and pronunciations, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If I should call a man...him that one of the words originally signified only a lad or servant, and the other an under ploughman, or the inhabitant of a village. It is by their... | |
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Etymologies are at present very uncertain; but such as they are, the old books would still preserve them, and etymologists would there find them. Words in the course of time change their meanings, as well as their spelling and pronunciation, and we do... 
