 Cant'' is, by some people, derived from one Andrew Cant, who, they say, was a presbyterian minister in some illiterate part of Scotland, who by exercise and use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it...  Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy ... - الصفحة 397بواسطة Edward Burnett Tylor - 1874عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1729 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...Faculty, alias Gift, of Talking in the Pulpit in fuck ' a Dialed, that it's faid he was underftood by none but * his own Congregation, and not by all of them. Since ' Maf. Cant's time, it has been underftood in a larger ' Senfe, and fignifieu all fudden Exclamations,... | |
 | 1786 - عدد الصفحات: 694
...faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in fuch a dialeit, that it is faid he was underilood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Maf. Cant's time it has been undtrilood in a larger fenfe, and fignifies all fudden exclamations,... | |
 | 1794 - عدد الصفحات: 450
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift of talking in the pulpit in such a dialec!:, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Master CANT'S time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 312
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is suid he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Mr. Cant's time it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 802
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 316
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own 'congregation, and not by all of them. Since master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
 | 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 788
...use had obtained the faculty, alias rift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that t is said s supposed Since Maser Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 884
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation and not by all of them. Since master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since master Cant's time, it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
 | 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 278
...use had obtained the faculty, alias gift, of talking in the pulpit in such a dialect, that it is said he was understood by none but his own congregation, and not by all of them. Since Mr. Cant's time it has been understood in a larger sense, and signifies all sudden exclamations,... | |
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