Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged, 19. kötet |
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xx. oldal
... mountains , bays ; the peculiarities of soil and climate ; all that relates to the cultivation of the earth , the names of fishes , birds , fruits , vegetables , coins , etc. , etc. , retain to a great extent the names given them by the ...
... mountains , bays ; the peculiarities of soil and climate ; all that relates to the cultivation of the earth , the names of fishes , birds , fruits , vegetables , coins , etc. , etc. , retain to a great extent the names given them by the ...
xxvi. oldal
... mountains , and perhaps else- where , into cow - creature , male - cow , and even gentleman - cow ! A friend who resided many years in the West has told me of an incident where a gray - headed man of sixty doffed his hat reverently and ...
... mountains , and perhaps else- where , into cow - creature , male - cow , and even gentleman - cow ! A friend who resided many years in the West has told me of an incident where a gray - headed man of sixty doffed his hat reverently and ...
xxvii. oldal
... mountainous , nothing , L. I. " ne'er a , 66 negro , often , " old , everywheres " " everywhere , only 66 only , S. forrerd " forward , N. E. pint " " point , fust " 6 first , pooty 66 pretty , gal 66 girl , punkin gin " 6 given ...
... mountainous , nothing , L. I. " ne'er a , 66 negro , often , " old , everywheres " " everywhere , only 66 only , S. forrerd " forward , N. E. pint " " point , fust " 6 first , pooty 66 pretty , gal 66 girl , punkin gin " 6 given ...
32. oldal
... Mountain Sheep , an animal extensively distributed through North America along the highlands of the Rocky Mountains from California to the parallel of 68 ° . - S . F. Baird . BIG MEETING . Common in the West for " protracted meeting ...
... Mountain Sheep , an animal extensively distributed through North America along the highlands of the Rocky Mountains from California to the parallel of 68 ° . - S . F. Baird . BIG MEETING . Common in the West for " protracted meeting ...
38. oldal
... Mountain men . " See Owen's Geological Survey of Kentucky . 66 BLUE LAWS . Where and how the story of the New Haven Blue Laws originated is a matter of some curiosity . According to Dr. Peters , the epithet blue was applied to the laws ...
... Mountain men . " See Owen's Geological Survey of Kentucky . 66 BLUE LAWS . Where and how the story of the New Haven Blue Laws originated is a matter of some curiosity . According to Dr. Peters , the epithet blue was applied to the laws ...
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276. oldal - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
xvi. oldal - Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Reign of Edward I. 2 vols, 8vo, containing upwards of 1,000 pages, closely printed In double columns, cloth, a new and cheaper edition.
447. oldal - But it suddenly ceased some time before day ; and as they had no communication with any of the enemy's ships, they did not know whether the fort had surrendered, or the attack upon it been abandoned.
25. oldal - Then fill to-night, with hearts as light, To loves as gay and fleeting As bubbles that swim on the beaker's brim, And break on the lips while meeting.
448. oldal - O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets...
68. oldal - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
295. oldal - Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the Union of the whole. The North, in an unrestrained...
280. oldal - ... and richness, and power, and blessing; that they had apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelists ; the same order, the same priesthood, the same ordinances, gifts, powers, and blessing, as was enjoyed on the eastern continent ; that the people were cut off...
280. oldal - ... enjoyed on the eastern continent ; that the people were cut off" in consequence of their transgressions; that the last of their prophets who existed among them was commanded to write an abridgment of their prophecies, history...
413. oldal - Orleans become marts for legitimate merchandise alone, or else the rye-fields and wheat-fields of Massachusetts and New York must again be surrendered by their farmers to slave culture and to the production of slaves, and Boston and New York become once more markets for trade in the bodies and souls of men.