 ... if, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister of William, had been married to Isaac, also dead, whose son Jemmy still survived, and they wished to speak of Mary, they would say " the wife of the...  Opuscula philologica: Mindre Afhandlinger - Page 148de Filologisk-historiske samfund (Denmark) - 1887 - 269 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land - 1855 - 378 pages
...person, so as to avoid pronunciation of the name, — if, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister,...to speak of Mary, they would say " the wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife," and so on. Such a practice must, it is clear, have contributed materially... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1870 - 364 pages
...illustration of a roundabout mode of talking. " If, for instance," said he, " William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...to speak of Mary, they would say, ' The wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife,' and so on." In another place further reference is made to this peculiarity.... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1870 - 438 pages
...person, so as to avoid pronunciation of the name, — if, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...to speak of Mary, they would say 'the wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife,' and so on. Such a practice must, it is clear, have contributed materially... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1870 - 408 pages
...person, so as to avoid pronunciation of the name, — if, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...to speak of Mary, they would say 'the wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife,' and so on. Such a practice must, it is clear, have contributed materially... | |
 | Robert Brough Smyth - 1878 - 492 pages
...person, so as to avoid pronunciation of the name ; if, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...to speak of Mary, they would say " the wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife," and so on. Such a practice must, it is clear, have contributed materially... | |
 | 1878 - 490 pages
...person, so as to avoid pronunciation of the name ; if, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...to speak of Mary, they would say " the wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife," and so on. Such a practice must, it is clear, have contributed materially... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - 1878 - 416 pages
...person, so as to avoid pronunciation of the name,— if, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...Jemmy still survived, and they wished to speak of Man', they would say ' the wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife,' and so on. Such a practice... | |
 | Kristoffer Nyrop - 1887 - 108 pages
...1882;. Hos TYLOR (/. cs 148) læses følgende: „If, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...wished to speak of Mary, they would say the wife of the brother of Jemmy's fathers wife, and so on. Such a practice must, it is clear, have contributed materially... | |
 | Kristoffer Nyrop - 1887 - 108 pages
...1882;. Hos TYLOR (/. cs 148) læses følgende: „If, for instance, William and Mary, man and wife, were both deceased, and Lucy, the deceased sister...wished to speak of Mary, they would say the wife of the brother of Jemmy's fathers wife, and so on. Such a practice must, it is clear, have contributed materially... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1898 - 304 pages
...would use great circumlocution ; for example, 'if William and Mary, husband and wife, were both dead, and Lucy, the deceased sister of William, had been...speak of Mary,' they would say, ' the wife of the brother of Jemmy's father's wife.' So great was their fear of offending the shade of the dead by naming... | |
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