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r "ventages" (_Ham._ iii. 2. 372). See also
note on 'azurn' l. 893.
346. ~whistle ... lodge~_i.e._ the sound of the shepherd calling his dog by whistling. Or it may be used in the
same sense as in _L'Alleg._ 63the ploughman _whistles_ o'er the furrowed land.
347. ~Count ... dames~: comp. _L'Alleg._ 52the cock ... Stoutly struts his _dames_ before; 114Ere the
first cock his matin rings.Grammatically'count' (infinitive) forms with 'cock' the complex object of 'might
hear.'
349. ~innumerous~innumerable (Lat. _innumerus_). Comp. _Par. Lost_vii. 455_Innumerous_ living
creatures; ix. 1089.
350. ~hapless~unfortunate. Many wordssuch as happyluckyfortunateetc.which strictly refer to a
person's hap or chancewhether good or badhave become restricted to good hap: in order to give them an
unfavourable meaning a negative prefix or suffix is necessary.
With reference to the word _fortune_Max Müller says: "We speak of good and evil fortuneso did the
Frenchand so did the Romans. By itself _fortuna_ was taken either in a good or a bad sensethough it
generally meant good fortune. Whenever there could be any doubtthe Romans defined _fortuna_ by such
adjectives as _bona__secunda__prospera_for good; _mala_ or _adversa_ for bad [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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