American Notes and Queries, Nide 5William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris W.S. and H.C. Walsh, 1890 |
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... writer of the twefth century , John of Salisbury , says : " In our times expertness in the art of hunting , dexterity in the damnable art of dice playing , a mincing effeminate way of speaking , and great skill in dancing and music ...
... writer of the twefth century , John of Salisbury , says : " In our times expertness in the art of hunting , dexterity in the damnable art of dice playing , a mincing effeminate way of speaking , and great skill in dancing and music ...
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... writer , born in Essen , Prussia , in 1801 , and died in Coblentz , in 1859. The following are his earliest works : " The Rhine , from Bâle to Dusseldorf , " " Belgium and Holland , " " The Traveler's Practical Guide , ' " Eas- tern ...
... writer , born in Essen , Prussia , in 1801 , and died in Coblentz , in 1859. The following are his earliest works : " The Rhine , from Bâle to Dusseldorf , " " Belgium and Holland , " " The Traveler's Practical Guide , ' " Eas- tern ...
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... writers it certainly was a drink . IGNORANTISSIMUS . GOMMUNICATIONS . Local Words . I heard a man in New Jersey speak of his grandfolks , meaning grandparents . In Eastern Kentucky plum means very ; plum quire means very queer . In the ...
... writers it certainly was a drink . IGNORANTISSIMUS . GOMMUNICATIONS . Local Words . I heard a man in New Jersey speak of his grandfolks , meaning grandparents . In Eastern Kentucky plum means very ; plum quire means very queer . In the ...
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... writer not improbable that the town of Bugia ( Fr. Bougie ) , now in Algeria , gave name to the fur . I cannot recall the place , but I have certainly seen some account of the ancient export of lambskins from the Barbary ports ...
... writer not improbable that the town of Bugia ( Fr. Bougie ) , now in Algeria , gave name to the fur . I cannot recall the place , but I have certainly seen some account of the ancient export of lambskins from the Barbary ports ...
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... writer for having used it in the sense of an unguent or dressing for the hair , saying that it was used properly to ... writers to designate a food , a drink , or an unguent . The primary concept of the word , however , is immortality ...
... writer for having used it in the sense of an unguent or dressing for the hair , saying that it was used properly to ... writers to designate a food , a drink , or an unguent . The primary concept of the word , however , is immortality ...
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Sivu 61 - Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad — a personage less imposing — in the eyes of some perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array.
Sivu 44 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears!
Sivu 44 - What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! O Grave ! where is thy Victory ? O Death ! where is thy Sting?
Sivu 37 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Sivu 285 - We soon observed, that in talking to one another we lost several of our words, and could not hear one another at above two yards' distance, and that too when we sat very near the fire.
Sivu 27 - The glowing Ruby should adorn, Those who in warm July are born; Then will they be exempt and free From love's doubts and anxiety.
Sivu 225 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London...
Sivu 44 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death...
Sivu 118 - And for myself, besides my yearly allowance, I would have twenty gowns of apparel, six of them excellent good ones, eight of them for the country, and six other of them very excellent good ones.
Sivu 276 - I leave my silver tankard to the eldest son of old John, as the representative of the family. I would have left it to old John himself, but he would melt it down to make temperance medals, and that would be sacrilege — however, I leave my big horn snuff-box to him: he can only make temperance horn spoons of that.