 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 500 pages
...is now scarcely recognized, and the two words are used indiscriminately hy the heet English writers. In the first ages of the world a single name was sufficient...person, in allusion to the circumstances attending his hirth, or to some personal quality he possessed, or which his parents hoped he might possess. The writings... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - Names, Personal - 1849 - 300 pages
...the mightiest achievements in every department of human endeavour would have been lost to the world. In the first ages of the world a single name was sufficient for each individual — "nomen olim apud omnes fere gentes simplex ;" and that name was generally invented for the person,... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - Names, Personal - 1849 - 302 pages
...the mightiest achievements in every department of human endeavour would have been lost to the world. In the first ages of the world a single name was sufficient for each individual — "nomen olim apud omnes fere gentes simplex;" and that name was generally invented for the person,... | |
 | Names, Personal - 1901 - 140 pages
...of the Chcnooks, a warlike tribe who live on the left bank of the river Columbia The Katntchadales, Koriakes, and Kuriles, have all of them significant...allusion to the circumstances attending his birth, orto some personal quality he possessed, or which his parents fondly hoped he might in future possess.... | |
 | Names, Personal - 1904 - 228 pages
...signiiieant names. SU R NAM ES. In the first ages of the world a single name was suffieient for eaeh individual; and that name was generally invented for the person, in allusion to the eireumstanees attending his birth, or to some personal quality he possessed, or whieh his parents fondly... | |
 | Genealogy - 1905 - 126 pages
...of the Chenooks, a warlike tribe who live on the left bank of the river Columbia The Kamtchadales, Koriakes, and Kuriles, have all of them significant...sufficient for each individual ; and that name was generallv invented for the person, in allusion to the circumstances attending his birth, or to some... | |
 | Ida Clara Cochran Haughton, Mrs. Ida Clara (Cochran) Haughton - Reference - 1925 - 202 pages
...HAUGHTON. Columbus, Ohio, November, 1925. (11) PART ONE SCOTTISH HISTORY ORIGIN AND DERIVATION OF NAMES IN the first ages of the world, a single name was...each individual; and that name was generally invented foi that particular person in allusion to some circumstance attending his birth, or to some personal... | |
 | Hamilton (Ont.) - 1926 - 130 pages
...originated. All proper names had originally a peculiar and appropriate meaning. In the first pages of the world a single name was sufficient for each...possessed, or which his parents fondly hoped he might possess in the future. But with surnames it will be found that they are of all shades, from the best... | |
 | John Smith Futhey, J. Smith Futhey, Gilbert Cope - Chester County (Pa.) - 1995 - 463 pages
...The reason why this is so may be thus briefly explained : In early times a single name was given to each individual, and that name was generally invented...his parents fondly hoped he might in future possess. In process of time the love of imitation led persons to adopt names which had been and were borne by... | |
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In the first ages of the world a single name was sufficient for each individual ; and that name was generally invented for the person, in allusion to the circumstances attending his birth, or to some personal quality he possessed, or which his parents... 