Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti Quitates Vulgares Etc |
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Page 129
... Etymon of Hobgoblin : Casaubon , he says , derives Goblin from the Greek Kocaλos , a Kind of Spirit that was supposed to lurk about Houses . The Hobgoblins were a Species of them , so called , because their Motion was fabled to have ...
... Etymon of Hobgoblin : Casaubon , he says , derives Goblin from the Greek Kocaλos , a Kind of Spirit that was supposed to lurk about Houses . The Hobgoblins were a Species of them , so called , because their Motion was fabled to have ...
Page 185
... Etymon . There have been great Controversies about this Word ; and many perhaps will think it still left in a State of Uncertainty , like the Subject of the - " Certant , et adhuc sub judice lis est , " of Horace . Dr. Moresin ...
... Etymon . There have been great Controversies about this Word ; and many perhaps will think it still left in a State of Uncertainty , like the Subject of the - " Certant , et adhuc sub judice lis est , " of Horace . Dr. Moresin ...
Page 186
... Etymon of this Word . Iol * , says he , pronounced Hiol , Iul , Jul , Giul , Hweol ; Wheel , Wiel , Vol , & c . is a primitive Word , carrying out the four provinces of the Roman Empire ; as Gentil - homme in French , Gentil - homo in ...
... Etymon of this Word . Iol * , says he , pronounced Hiol , Iul , Jul , Giul , Hweol ; Wheel , Wiel , Vol , & c . is a primitive Word , carrying out the four provinces of the Roman Empire ; as Gentil - homme in French , Gentil - homo in ...
Page 188
... Etymon that suited well with the Flatteries they heaped on their Emperors , though they had done nothing but altered the Pronunciation of the Word Iul , to make it agree with the Name of Julius , which they pronounced Iulus , a Name ...
... Etymon that suited well with the Flatteries they heaped on their Emperors , though they had done nothing but altered the Pronunciation of the Word Iul , to make it agree with the Name of Julius , which they pronounced Iulus , a Name ...
Page 307
... Etymon . He defines a Bone - Fire to be a Festive or triumphant Fire . In the Islandic Language , says he , Baal signifies a Burning . In the Anglo Saxon , Bæl - fyr by a Change of Letters of the same Organ is made Bæn - fyr , whence ...
... Etymon . He defines a Bone - Fire to be a Festive or triumphant Fire . In the Islandic Language , says he , Baal signifies a Burning . In the Anglo Saxon , Bæl - fyr by a Change of Letters of the same Organ is made Bæn - fyr , whence ...
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