Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged, 19. kötet |
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x. oldal
... West than any other author . I am also indebted to a series of books published by Messrs . Carey and Hart , called the " Library of Humorous American Works , " which consist of a series of tales and adventures in the South - west and West ...
... West than any other author . I am also indebted to a series of books published by Messrs . Carey and Hart , called the " Library of Humorous American Works , " which consist of a series of tales and adventures in the South - west and West ...
xxiv. oldal
... West , and afterwards in other parts of the country , often originate in some curious anecdote or event , which is transmitted from mouth to mouth , and soon made the property of all . Political writers and stump speakers perform a ...
... West , and afterwards in other parts of the country , often originate in some curious anecdote or event , which is transmitted from mouth to mouth , and soon made the property of all . Political writers and stump speakers perform a ...
xxvi. oldal
... Western people there are strange ideas regarding the use of certain words , which has led the mock - modest to reject ... West has told me of an incident where a gray - headed man of sixty doffed his hat reverently and apologized to a ...
... Western people there are strange ideas regarding the use of certain words , which has led the mock - modest to reject ... West has told me of an incident where a gray - headed man of sixty doffed his hat reverently and apologized to a ...
7. oldal
... West Indian fruit , resembling a pear in shape . It contains within its rind a yellow butyraceous substance , which , when the fruit is perfectly ripe , constitutes an agreeable food . Also called Avocado or Avigato Pear . In England it ...
... West Indian fruit , resembling a pear in shape . It contains within its rind a yellow butyraceous substance , which , when the fruit is perfectly ripe , constitutes an agreeable food . Also called Avocado or Avigato Pear . In England it ...
8. oldal
... West for tobacco juice . It is a euphemism for the spittle produced by this voluntary ptyalism . More commonly spelled and pronounced Ambeer , probably from Ambre - denoting its color . AMBITION . In North Carolina this word is used ...
... West for tobacco juice . It is a euphemism for the spittle produced by this voluntary ptyalism . More commonly spelled and pronounced Ambeer , probably from Ambre - denoting its color . AMBITION . In North Carolina this word is used ...
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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.