A Cursory History of SwearingJ. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884 - 199 strán (strany) |
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Strana 161 - I assure you, says that there is no meaning in the common oaths, and that nothing but their antiquity makes them respectable ; because, he says, the ancients would never stick to an oath or two, but would say, by Jove ! or by Bacchus ! or by Mars ! or by Venus ! or by Pallas, according to the sentiment : so that to swear with propriety, says my little major, the oath should be an echo to the sense ; and this we call the oath referential-, or sentimental swearing — ha!
Strana 160 - Spoke like a man ! But pray, Bob, I observe you have got an odd kind of a new method of swearing Acres. Ha ! ha ! you've taken notice of it — 'tis genteel, isn't it ! — I didn't invent it myself though ; but a commander in our militia, a great scholar, I assure you, says that there is no meaning ii.
Strana 47 - Diable ! c'est une belle langue que 1'anglais ; il en faut peu pour aller loin ; avec Goddam en Angleterre on ne manque de rien. . . . les Anglais a la verite, * ' Mariage de Figaro,' iii. 5. ajoutent par-ci par-la quelques autres mots en conversant ; mais il est bien aise de voir que Goddam est le fond de la langue.
Strana 54 - Du pays de France ils sont tous reboutez! Mauldicte en soit trestoute la lignie. Ils ont chargé l'artillerie sur mer, Force bisquit et chascun ung bydon Et par la mer jusqu'en Bisquaye aller Pour couronner leur petit roy godon 1. Mais leur effort n'est ryen que mocquerye; Cappitaine Pregent les a si byen frottez Qu'ils ont esté ès terre et en mer enfondrez. dont on parle comme mort à Saint-Fiacre-deBrie, ce qui est dit par raillerie, et non en sens propre : saint Fiacre...
Strana 165 - There is not the best duke's son in France dares " say, I protest, till he be one and thirty years old at least; for " the inheritance of that word is not to be possessed before.
Strana 132 - When the Independents were in power, severity became still greater. The officers in the army, having convicted one of their quartermasters of blasphemy, condemned him to have his tongue bored with a redhot iron, his sword broken over his head, and himself to be dismissed from the army. During Cromwell's expedition in Ireland, we read that no blasphemy was heard in the camp ; the soldiers spent their leisure hours in reading the Bible, singing psalms, and holding religious controversies. In 1650 the...
Strana 197 - You swearers and blasphemers, which use to swear by God's heart, arms, nails, bowels, legs, and hands, learn what these things signify, and leave your abominable oaths.
Strana 118 - ... common seaman, one shilling, and every other person, two shillings ; and in case any of the persons aforesaid shall after conviction offend a second time, such person shall forfeit and pay double ; and if a third time, treble the sum respectively by him or her to...
Strana 127 - ... of God, or of Christ Jesus, or the Holy Ghost, or of the Trinity, " in any interlude, pageant or stage-play. It was in consequence of the rigour of this enactment that Ben Jonson narrowly escaped a prosecution for blasphemy. On the production of the ' Magnetic Lady, ' the language employed upon the stage gave great offence in legal quarters, and the author was sent for from a sick-bed and severely * 21 Jac.
Strana 59 - Feesimple of one of the roysterers' private and particular oaths. In an ill-omened moment he has presumed to exclaim, " Damn me ! " whereupon a certain Tearchaps who has been noticeable through the play as the improprietor of the term, very loudly objects — " Use your own words, damn me is mine; I am known by it all the town o'er. D'ye hear ? " Feesimple, although disposed to contest the other's title, is happily brought to order by the timely interference of one Welltried, whose knowledge of such...