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ix. oldal
... heard in familiar conver- sation . Another class , not in the dictionaries referred to , is contained in the provincial glossaries of England . A third class , entirely distinct from the preceding , consists of slang words which are not ...
... heard in familiar conver- sation . Another class , not in the dictionaries referred to , is contained in the provincial glossaries of England . A third class , entirely distinct from the preceding , consists of slang words which are not ...
xi. oldal
... heard and used them when a boy , and grown up in their midst , can alone portray them in their true sense . The aid of such persons it was impossible to procure , and the words here brought together have been , with very few exceptions ...
... heard and used them when a boy , and grown up in their midst , can alone portray them in their true sense . The aid of such persons it was impossible to procure , and the words here brought together have been , with very few exceptions ...
xxv. oldal
... too , dyoo for do , etc. etc. The numerous words employed in New England which are not heard in other parts of the country , are mostly genuine old words с still provincial in the North of England ; very few INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... too , dyoo for do , etc. etc. The numerous words employed in New England which are not heard in other parts of the country , are mostly genuine old words с still provincial in the North of England ; very few INTRODUCTION . XXV.
xxvi. oldal
... heard in Eng- there are doubtless errors and land . ary attackted anywheres bachelder " always , S. W. for because , " chair , 66 chimney , " chest , N. E. " clear , W. " close , " considerable , caught , W. creature , colonel ...
... heard in Eng- there are doubtless errors and land . ary attackted anywheres bachelder " always , S. W. for because , " chair , 66 chimney , " chest , N. E. " clear , W. " close , " considerable , caught , W. creature , colonel ...
6. oldal
... heard in the col- loquial language of the better informed . A man who in New England would be 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 ...
... heard in the col- loquial language of the better informed . A man who in New England would be 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 ...
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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.