. The comic English grammar : a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . A SOCIALIST. ETYMOLOGY. 35 of the sun, that when he shines upon a Socialist, he shinesupon a thief; and of the moon, that she affects the mindsof lovers. There are certain nouns with which notions of strength,vigour, and the like qualities, are more particularly con-nected ; and these are the neuter substantives which arefiguratively rendered masculine. On the other hand, beauty,amiability, and so forth, are held to invest words with afeminine character. Thus the sun is said to be masculine. f^m. Shant I shi
. The comic English grammar : a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . A SOCIALIST. ETYMOLOGY. 35 of the sun, that when he shines upon a Socialist, he shinesupon a thief; and of the moon, that she affects the mindsof lovers. There are certain nouns with which notions of strength,vigour, and the like qualities, are more particularly con-nected ; and these are the neuter substantives which arefiguratively rendered masculine. On the other hand, beauty,amiability, and so forth, are held to invest words with afeminine character. Thus the sun is said to be masculine. f^m. Shant I shine to-night, dear ! D 2 36 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAE. and the moon feminine. But for om- own part, and ourview is confirmed by the discoveries of astronomy, we be-lieve that the smi is called masculine from his supportingand sustaining the moon, and finding her the wheiewithalto shine away as she docs of a night, when all quiet peopleare in bed ; and from his being obliged to keep such afamily of stars besides. The moon, we think, is accountedfeminine, because she is thus maintained and kept up inher splendour, like a fine lady, by her husband the , the moon is continually changing; on whichaccount alone she might be referred to the feminine earth is feminine, tricked out, as she is, with gemsand flowers. Cities and towns are likewise feminine, be-cause there are as many windings, turnings, and little oddcorners in them as there are in the female mind. A shipis feminine, inasmuch as she is blown about by every is feminine by courtesy. F
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