Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... applied to any custom , habit , or fashion which is carried to an extravagant excess . Ab ovo ( literally , " from ... applied to all Republicans , and which the men of the South applied indiscriminately to all Northerners who were not ...
... applied to any custom , habit , or fashion which is carried to an extravagant excess . Ab ovo ( literally , " from ... applied to all Republicans , and which the men of the South applied indiscriminately to all Northerners who were not ...
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... applied to the anti - slavery agitators led by Wilberforce , and had been accepted by them . Thus , T. Clarkson says , " Many looked upon the Abolitionists as monsters " ( " Slave Trade , " ii . 212 , 1790 ) . In America also the term ...
... applied to the anti - slavery agitators led by Wilberforce , and had been accepted by them . Thus , T. Clarkson says , " Many looked upon the Abolitionists as monsters " ( " Slave Trade , " ii . 212 , 1790 ) . In America also the term ...
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... applied to such of his customers as have developed a cheery , rubicund complexion , especially on the end of the nose . Admiral of the Red , White , and Blue is a term similarly applied to beadles , hall - porters , and other ...
... applied to such of his customers as have developed a cheery , rubicund complexion , especially on the end of the nose . Admiral of the Red , White , and Blue is a term similarly applied to beadles , hall - porters , and other ...
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... applied to Byron . It is a contraction of Albanese or Albaneser , and is an allusion to the noble lord's fondness for that people , which he carried to so great an extent as to become their blood - brother by adoption . This fact is ...
... applied to Byron . It is a contraction of Albanese or Albaneser , and is an allusion to the noble lord's fondness for that people , which he carried to so great an extent as to become their blood - brother by adoption . This fact is ...
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... applied for " a boss hand over 5000 sheep that can speak Spanish fluently , " the boarding - house - keeper who announced that she had " a cottage contain- ing eight rooms and an acre of land , ” the maiden or widow lady , matrimoni ...
... applied for " a boss hand over 5000 sheep that can speak Spanish fluently , " the boarding - house - keeper who announced that she had " a cottage contain- ing eight rooms and an acre of land , ” the maiden or widow lady , matrimoni ...
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