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Strana 6
... meaning of which the exhibitor was certainly ignorant , is a survival of the practice of our ancestors , who in the " bright leaves " of the stars " would read the fate of men and empires . " I have not recently heard or seen the word ...
... meaning of which the exhibitor was certainly ignorant , is a survival of the practice of our ancestors , who in the " bright leaves " of the stars " would read the fate of men and empires . " I have not recently heard or seen the word ...
Strana 44
... meaning , was changed into the very similar bleu ( i with its dot over it is very like ) , which had . This bicu , in the case of ventrebieu , was , as Littré tells us , also changed into bille ( making ventrebille ) , which formed a ...
... meaning , was changed into the very similar bleu ( i with its dot over it is very like ) , which had . This bicu , in the case of ventrebieu , was , as Littré tells us , also changed into bille ( making ventrebille ) , which formed a ...
Strana 93
... meaning he assigns to it . He says it is an old word in common use for a field , dwelling - place , & c . " He evidently refers it to two words which , though they may be radically connected , are given as distinct by Stratmann , Dict ...
... meaning he assigns to it . He says it is an old word in common use for a field , dwelling - place , & c . " He evidently refers it to two words which , though they may be radically connected , are given as distinct by Stratmann , Dict ...
Strana 106
... meaning of the letters CYPRUS ? Are they intended to form one word or two ? Do they allude to our recent national acqui- sition ? Mr. G. A. Sala , in his admirable work on Hogarth , alludes simply to his setting up his carriage , and in ...
... meaning of the letters CYPRUS ? Are they intended to form one word or two ? Do they allude to our recent national acqui- sition ? Mr. G. A. Sala , in his admirable work on Hogarth , alludes simply to his setting up his carriage , and in ...
Strana 107
... meaning or the history of this singular prefix ? Sixpenny Handley is the name of a hundred in the county of Dorset ; and the village and parish of Handley I find this couplet in an old commonplace book , St. Mary , within the same ...
... meaning or the history of this singular prefix ? Sixpenny Handley is the name of a hundred in the county of Dorset ; and the village and parish of Handley I find this couplet in an old commonplace book , St. Mary , within the same ...
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Strana 148 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Strana 234 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
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