A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their PresentMacmillan, 1873 - 275 páginas |
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... history of manners , or as involving some in- teresting piece of history , or some singular superstition ; or , again , as witnessing for the good or for the evil which have been un- consciously at work in the minds and hearts of those ...
... history of manners , or as involving some in- teresting piece of history , or some singular superstition ; or , again , as witnessing for the good or for the evil which have been un- consciously at work in the minds and hearts of those ...
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... of passages illus- trative of the history of our language . Of my citations , I believe about a thousand in all , I may owe some twenty at the most to existing xii Preface to the First Edition . Dictionaries or Glossaries.
... of passages illus- trative of the history of our language . Of my citations , I believe about a thousand in all , I may owe some twenty at the most to existing xii Preface to the First Edition . Dictionaries or Glossaries.
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... History of Britain , b . ix . $ 44 . A siege of Maestricht or Wesel ( so garrisoned and resolutely defended ) might not only have amused , but endangered the French armies . - Sir W. TEMPLE , Observations on the United Provinces , c . 8 ...
... History of Britain , b . ix . $ 44 . A siege of Maestricht or Wesel ( so garrisoned and resolutely defended ) might not only have amused , but endangered the French armies . - Sir W. TEMPLE , Observations on the United Provinces , c . 8 ...
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... History of Henry VII . ARTILLERY . Leaving the perplexed question of the derivation of this word , it will be sufficient to observe , that while it is now only applied to the heavy ord- nance of modern warfare , in earlier use any ...
... History of Henry VII . ARTILLERY . Leaving the perplexed question of the derivation of this word , it will be sufficient to observe , that while it is now only applied to the heavy ord- nance of modern warfare , in earlier use any ...
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... History of England , b . ii . ASTROLOGY , As ' chemist ' only little by little dis- ASTROLOGER . engaged itself from alchemist , ' and that , whether we have respect to the thing itself , or the name of the thing , so ' astronomer ...
... History of England , b . ii . ASTROLOGY , As ' chemist ' only little by little dis- ASTROLOGER . engaged itself from alchemist , ' and that , whether we have respect to the thing itself , or the name of the thing , so ' astronomer ...
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