Illustrations of English Philology; Consisting of I: A Critical Examination of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary II. Remarks on Mr. Dugald Stewart's

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 edition. Excerpt: ... apprehension of his fate. EXTRACTS FROM THE ENGLISH LEXICON PUBLISHING IN THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA METROPOLITANA, ARRIVE, ) It. arrivare; Fr. ariver, com-Arrival, Vnionly derived from the unused Arrivancb. J Lat. adripare, that is ad ripam appellere, to come to a bank, or shore, venire alia riva. But probably the It. arrivare, the Fr. ariver, the English arrive, have the same origin as the Latin, dcrivo, -are, the It. derivnre, the Fr. deriver, the English derive, viz. from the Latin rivus, the Greek piw, to flow. Arrive and derive may then be considered as much in opposition as ascend and descend. Exsequebalur inde quce solennis derivatio esset. Liv. 1. V. c. 15. Then went he on still, and showed what was the solemn and right manner of deriving the water. Hollands Transl. Arrive will then mean to flow to, to sail to; and more generally to come to, to reach, to attain. )ie ferjie jcr ))at lie hadde cmperoiir y be Mill gret ost lie wende here to Jiis londe, Aboute Soiijibiimto he a riiitih ich viiderstonde, J)o kyng Giiyder vnderet, fat heo a riiiede Jiere, Hyiii Jioiijte lonj mid ys ost er he at hem were. Ji. Gloucester, p. 62. Whan he had regned foiire yere, one ryiicd vpon his right, A diike of Danmark, Kebriht he hight. n. Brunne, p. 10. FROM THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF DR. JOHNSON. ARRIVAL, n. s. from arrive. The act of coming to any place; and, figuratively, the attainment of any purpose. How are we changed, since wc first saw the queen? She, like the sun, does still the same appear. Bright as she was at her arrival here. Tlalkr. The unravelling is the arrival of Ulysses upon his own island. Broome. View of Epick Poetrtt. Arrivance, n. s. from arrive. Company coming: not in use. Every minute is expectancy Of more arrivam-e. Shakspeare, To..