An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction: Including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations Often Referred to in Literature and ConversationHoughton, Mifflin, 1891 - 440 من الصفحات |
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... ancient Greeks ; the same as Di- ana . See DIANA . Artful Dodger . A sobriquet ... old romance . His effigy may be seen on the city , gates of Southampton . He ... Norse , yard , or abode , of the Asir , or gods . ] ( Scand . Myth . ) A ...
... ancient Greeks ; the same as Di- ana . See DIANA . Artful Dodger . A sobriquet ... old romance . His effigy may be seen on the city , gates of Southampton . He ... Norse , yard , or abode , of the Asir , or gods . ] ( Scand . Myth . ) A ...
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... old J. B. , " " Joey B. , " & c . Baillie Nicol Jarvie . See JARVIE ... Norse , bril- liant , beautiful , powerful ( Scand . Myth . ) The second son ... old- fashioned national feelings and prej- udices , but thoroughly sincere , kind ...
... old J. B. , " " Joey B. , " & c . Baillie Nicol Jarvie . See JARVIE ... Norse , bril- liant , beautiful , powerful ( Scand . Myth . ) The second son ... old- fashioned national feelings and prej- udices , but thoroughly sincere , kind ...
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... Old Woman of . The title and subject of a ballad by Southey . Bĕr - lin ... old form of Ber- mudas , and the Spanish pronuncia- tion of the name of the first dis ... Norse ber , bare , naked , and sarke , a shirt of mail . ( Scand . Myth ...
... Old Woman of . The title and subject of a ballad by Southey . Bĕr - lin ... old form of Ber- mudas , and the Spanish pronuncia- tion of the name of the first dis ... Norse ber , bare , naked , and sarke , a shirt of mail . ( Scand . Myth ...
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... old dramatists as a term of reproach , meaning beggar , low fellow , or scoundrel . Strictly , it is not a proper ... [ Old Norse bifa , to move , and röst , space . ] ( Scand . Myth . ) The name of the bridge between heaven and earth ...
... old dramatists as a term of reproach , meaning beggar , low fellow , or scoundrel . Strictly , it is not a proper ... [ Old Norse bifa , to move , and röst , space . ] ( Scand . Myth . ) The name of the bridge between heaven and earth ...
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... old legends relate marvelous in- stances . Boy - et ' . A lord attending on the princess of France , in ... Norse bragga , to adorn , embellish . Comp . Eng . brag . ] ( Scand . Myth . ) The son of Odin and Frigga , the husband of Iduna , and ...
... old legends relate marvelous in- stances . Boy - et ' . A lord attending on the princess of France , in ... Norse bragga , to adorn , embellish . Comp . Eng . brag . ] ( Scand . Myth . ) The son of Odin and Frigga , the husband of Iduna , and ...
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