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... means , I think , a mixture of churls and gentlemen : " Temper , due mixture of contrary qualities " ( Walker's Dict . ) . Trench discusses the word , Study of Words , p . 129 . " " " Hite and ful of courage " ( hite - hot ) . " Hote ...
... means , I think , a mixture of churls and gentlemen : " Temper , due mixture of contrary qualities " ( Walker's Dict . ) . Trench discusses the word , Study of Words , p . 129 . " " " Hite and ful of courage " ( hite - hot ) . " Hote ...
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... means nothing , simply for the sake of euphony . Here the fancy ending is go and not o . Go is also a favourite ending , and sometimes it is substituted for the last syllable , as here , or for part of it , as in labago = là bas ...
... means nothing , simply for the sake of euphony . Here the fancy ending is go and not o . Go is also a favourite ending , and sometimes it is substituted for the last syllable , as here , or for part of it , as in labago = là bas ...
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... means the reverse , that the play had been dusted ; but for all that it is formed on the same principle as unearthed . In the one case the play has been taken out of its earth , and in the other taken out of its dust . Be- sides , we ...
... means the reverse , that the play had been dusted ; but for all that it is formed on the same principle as unearthed . In the one case the play has been taken out of its earth , and in the other taken out of its dust . Be- sides , we ...
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... means the substitution of open spaces for punctuation . H. F. ( " Name of Author Wanted " ) .- In the case of nym , it would clearly be indiscreet for us to give the a living writer choosing to hide himself behind a pseudo- real name ...
... means the substitution of open spaces for punctuation . H. F. ( " Name of Author Wanted " ) .- In the case of nym , it would clearly be indiscreet for us to give the a living writer choosing to hide himself behind a pseudo- real name ...
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... means " hill , hill , HILL . " To which the Rev. C. H. Gem , the present vicar , adds ( Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmore- land Antiquarian and Archæological Society ) , " The same process is going on at this present day , the ...
... means " hill , hill , HILL . " To which the Rev. C. H. Gem , the present vicar , adds ( Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmore- land Antiquarian and Archæological Society ) , " The same process is going on at this present day , the ...
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Page 432 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 310 - WEEP, daughter of a royal line, A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay ; Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Could wash a father's fault away ! Weep — for thy tears are Virtue's tears — Auspicious to these suffering isles J And be each drop in future years Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! March, lSI1 THE CHAIN I GAVE.
Page 174 - There was a good number entertained with good cheer by the chamberlain ; and after dinner they went to hunting the fox : there was a great cry for a mile, and at length the hounds killed him at the end of St. Giles's.
Page 348 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 6 - Thus having said, the gallant chiefs alight, Their hands they join, their mutual faith they plight ; Brave Glaucus then each narrow thought resign'd, (Jove warm'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind,) For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid, (a vulgar price,) He gave his own, of gold divinely wrought," A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought.
Page 64 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
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Page 192 - tis true : The elder of them, being put to nurse, "Was by a beggar-woman stol'n away ; And, ignorant of his birth and parentage, Became a bricklayer when he came to age : His son am I ; deny it, if you can.
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