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... ( North ) , Exmoor , Herefordshire , Lancashire ,. Suffolk ,. Norfolk , 4 Somersetshire , 1,993 Sussex , 878 Essex , 371 589 1,146 Wiltshire , 592 370 | ( Hallamshire , 1,568 822 Craven , 6,169 1,922 2,400 North County , . Cheshire ...
... ( North ) , Exmoor , Herefordshire , Lancashire ,. Suffolk ,. Norfolk , 4 Somersetshire , 1,993 Sussex , 878 Essex , 371 589 1,146 Wiltshire , 592 370 | ( Hallamshire , 1,568 822 Craven , 6,169 1,922 2,400 North County , . Cheshire ...
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... 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 C 7 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 C 7 still provincial in the North of England ; very few INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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... North ; whence it is likely that it originated in a Southern boarding - school . The persons who use it are not aware that it is really the person or thing which is qualified in these cases , and not the action or state of being . Among ...
... North ; whence it is likely that it originated in a Southern boarding - school . The persons who use it are not aware that it is really the person or thing which is qualified in these cases , and not the action or state of being . Among ...
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... North , " " at the West , " instead of " in the North , " " in the West , " offend an English ear . Ar is often used superfluously in the South and West , as in the question , " Where is he at ? " AT THAT . A cant phrase , which has ...
... North , " " at the West , " instead of " in the North , " " in the West , " offend an English ear . Ar is often used superfluously in the South and West , as in the question , " Where is he at ? " AT THAT . A cant phrase , which has ...
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... north- wards . The blisters under the bark furnish the well - known " Canada Balsam ; " hence its name . It is also called Canada Balsam and Gilead Fir . BALSAM POPLAR . ( Populus balsamifera . ) A tall tree growing from New England to ...
... north- wards . The blisters under the bark furnish the well - known " Canada Balsam ; " hence its name . It is also called Canada Balsam and Gilead Fir . BALSAM POPLAR . ( Populus balsamifera . ) A tall tree growing from New England to ...
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