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 ConversationJ.R. Osgood, 1872 - 410 من الصفحات |
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... speakers at the present day ; and , though there may be accidental omissions , it is hoped that under - The principal deficiency is most likely to exist in the this head the Dictionary will be found reasonably complete . vi PREFACE .
... speakers at the present day ; and , though there may be accidental omissions , it is hoped that under - The principal deficiency is most likely to exist in the this head the Dictionary will be found reasonably complete . vi PREFACE .
الصفحة ix
... heads in Encyclopædias and other books of reference . Popular designa- tions connected with History and Geography have been freely given in all cases where they seemed to be well settled , and to be fitted to illustrate past or ...
... heads in Encyclopædias and other books of reference . Popular designa- tions connected with History and Geography have been freely given in all cases where they seemed to be well settled , and to be fitted to illustrate past or ...
الصفحة xiv
... head , heifer , leopard . Éject , appetite , serenity , strophe . Ere , bêar , hêir , whêre . [ See § 3. ] Err , term , sẽrvant , defer . [ See § 4. ] Eight , invěigh , prey . Brier , general , robber , suffer . Ivy , ice , pine , child ...
... head , heifer , leopard . Éject , appetite , serenity , strophe . Ere , bêar , hêir , whêre . [ See § 3. ] Err , term , sẽrvant , defer . [ See § 4. ] Eight , invěigh , prey . Brier , general , robber , suffer . Ivy , ice , pine , child ...
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... head , and fringed with snakes . -gis'thus . [ Gr . Alyiodos . ] ( Gr . Rom . Myth . ) A son of Thyestes , and the ... heads of many learned men who have at- tempted to explain it . It is as fol- lows : - Elia Lælia Crispis , Nec vir ...
... head , and fringed with snakes . -gis'thus . [ Gr . Alyiodos . ] ( Gr . Rom . Myth . ) A son of Thyestes , and the ... heads of many learned men who have at- tempted to explain it . It is as fol- lows : - Elia Lælia Crispis , Nec vir ...
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... head - quarters at Albany , who controlled the action of the Democratic party for many years , and hence had great weight in na- tional politics . The effort to elect William H. Crawford president , in- stead of John Quincy Adams , was ...
... head - quarters at Albany , who controlled the action of the Democratic party for many years , and hence had great weight in na- tional politics . The effort to elect William H. Crawford president , in- stead of John Quincy Adams , was ...
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الصفحة 270 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
الصفحة 152 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
الصفحة 86 - The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.
الصفحة 379 - Legion, with their companions, perceiving by the path that the pilgrims made, that their way to the city lay through this town of Vanity, they contrived here to set up a fair; a fair wherein should be sold all sorts of vanity, and that it should last all the year long. Therefore at this fair are all such merchandise sold, as houses, lands, trades, places...
الصفحة 122 - Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
الصفحة 96 - When the morning was up, they had him to the top of the house, and bid him look south; so he did; and behold, at a great distance he saw a most pleasant mountainous country, beautified with woods, vineyards, fruits of all sorts, flowers also, with springs and fountains, very delectable to behold.
الصفحة 66 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus...
الصفحة 391 - That, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty that may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
الصفحة 207 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and...
الصفحة 189 - More, more, I prithee, more. Ami. It will make you melancholy, Monsieur Jaques. Jaq. I thank it. More, I prithee, more. I can suck melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs.