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... play the Dutchman Hanijkin swears " by Got's drowse ! " evidently the same word . I should connect this with modern Dutch droes , which means 66 devil . " There can be little doubt that the puzzling phrase hounded drouse " really means ...
... play the Dutchman Hanijkin swears " by Got's drowse ! " evidently the same word . I should connect this with modern Dutch droes , which means 66 devil . " There can be little doubt that the puzzling phrase hounded drouse " really means ...
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... play ' Rule a Wife and Have a Wife ' ( circa 1615 ) , Act III . sc . i .: Now you have got a shadow , an umbrella , To keep the scorching world's opinion From your fair credit . This is the earliest mention of the word that I have been ...
... play ' Rule a Wife and Have a Wife ' ( circa 1615 ) , Act III . sc . i .: Now you have got a shadow , an umbrella , To keep the scorching world's opinion From your fair credit . This is the earliest mention of the word that I have been ...
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... Surface of a Summer's Sea ; While gentle Zephyrs play in prosp'rous Gales ; And Fortune's 32 NOTES AND QUERIES . [ 10 S. VIII . JULY 13 , 1907 . 58 There is an interesting list under Music All Cruikshank collectors should procure.
... Surface of a Summer's Sea ; While gentle Zephyrs play in prosp'rous Gales ; And Fortune's 32 NOTES AND QUERIES . [ 10 S. VIII . JULY 13 , 1907 . 58 There is an interesting list under Music All Cruikshank collectors should procure.
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While gentle Zephyrs play in prosp'rous Gales ; And Fortune's Favour fills the swelling Sails : But would forsake the Ship , and make the Shoar , When the Winds whistle , and the Tempests roar ? It is to be found in Matthew Prior's poem ...
While gentle Zephyrs play in prosp'rous Gales ; And Fortune's Favour fills the swelling Sails : But would forsake the Ship , and make the Shoar , When the Winds whistle , and the Tempests roar ? It is to be found in Matthew Prior's poem ...
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... Play - House and Early Churches in South Essex . ' The editor's Chronicle of Paul's Cross ' has reached the period 1520-31 , and introduces the great figures of Luther and Erasmus . THE Calendar of Wills proved in the Vice- Chancellor's ...
... Play - House and Early Churches in South Essex . ' The editor's Chronicle of Paul's Cross ' has reached the period 1520-31 , and introduces the great figures of Luther and Erasmus . THE Calendar of Wills proved in the Vice- Chancellor's ...
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