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2. oldal
... called ' gauging by Gunter . ' Hence any thing correctly and properly done is said to be " according to Gunter ... called Acequias ; the larger or principal one , which supplies the smaller , is called the Acequia Madre , or main ditch ...
... called ' gauging by Gunter . ' Hence any thing correctly and properly done is said to be " according to Gunter ... called Acequias ; the larger or principal one , which supplies the smaller , is called the Acequia Madre , or main ditch ...
5. oldal
... called from the use made of its fibrous bark . Alder . Beside the true alders , various shrubs belonging to quite differ- ent families are so called , generally on account of a resemblance in the leaves ; thus , Rhamnus alniflorius ...
... called from the use made of its fibrous bark . Alder . Beside the true alders , various shrubs belonging to quite differ- ent families are so called , generally on account of a resemblance in the leaves ; thus , Rhamnus alniflorius ...
6. oldal
... called a curious or a smart fellow , would in the South be called all sorts of a fellow . : She was all sorts of a gal - there warn't a sprinklin ' too much of her she had an eye that would make a fellow's heart try to get out of his ...
... called a curious or a smart fellow , would in the South be called all sorts of a fellow . : She was all sorts of a gal - there warn't a sprinklin ' too much of her she had an eye that would make a fellow's heart try to get out of his ...
7. oldal
... called Avocado or Avigato Pear . In England it is sometimes called Vegetable Marrow . TO ALLOT UPON . To intend , to form a purpose ; as , I allot upon going to Boston . Used by uneducated people in the interior of New England . TO ...
... called Avocado or Avigato Pear . In England it is sometimes called Vegetable Marrow . TO ALLOT UPON . To intend , to form a purpose ; as , I allot upon going to Boston . Used by uneducated people in the interior of New England . TO ...
17. oldal
... called me a cheat ; and he backed right down . " BACK - HOUSE . A necessary house , privy ; so called from its position . In some parts of England it is called the Backward . Comp . the Lat . posti- cum . TO BACK OUT , v . To retreat ...
... called me a cheat ; and he backed right down . " BACK - HOUSE . A necessary house , privy ; so called from its position . In some parts of England it is called the Backward . Comp . the Lat . posti- cum . TO BACK OUT , v . To retreat ...
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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.