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... authority for the use of the words referred to . It may be insisted , therefore , that the idiom of New England is as pure English , taken as a whole , as was spoken in England at the period when these colonies were settled . In making ...
... authority for the use of the words referred to . It may be insisted , therefore , that the idiom of New England is as pure English , taken as a whole , as was spoken in England at the period when these colonies were settled . In making ...
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... authorities in all cases where I have been enabled to find any . Except as regards words of purely American origin ( e . g . those derived from the Indian languages and from the Dutch ) , I have generally kept aloof from etymologies and ...
... authorities in all cases where I have been enabled to find any . Except as regards words of purely American origin ( e . g . those derived from the Indian languages and from the Dutch ) , I have generally kept aloof from etymologies and ...
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... authority . " - Letter to J. Picker- ing , p . 7 . Were we to classify the periods when names were applied to places in the State of New York , for example , we would call that in which the In- dian names were applied , the aboriginal ...
... authority . " - Letter to J. Picker- ing , p . 7 . Were we to classify the periods when names were applied to places in the State of New York , for example , we would call that in which the In- dian names were applied , the aboriginal ...
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... authorities are cited . It was first given by Mason , in his supple- ment to Johnson's Dictionary , and was afterwards adopted by Todd . ✓ APPLE . This name is given in the tropics to fruits of various kinds which are not apples ; as ...
... authorities are cited . It was first given by Mason , in his supple- ment to Johnson's Dictionary , and was afterwards adopted by Todd . ✓ APPLE . This name is given in the tropics to fruits of various kinds which are not apples ; as ...
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... AUTHORITY . In Connecticut the justices of the peace are denominated the civil authority.— Webster . Mr. Pickering says : " This word is also used in some of the States in speaking collectively of the professors , etc. , of our colleges ...
... AUTHORITY . In Connecticut the justices of the peace are denominated the civil authority.— Webster . Mr. Pickering says : " This word is also used in some of the States in speaking collectively of the professors , etc. , of our colleges ...
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Abenaki ain't Allspice American Balt banks boys called colloquial common corruption Democratic denote dialects dictionaries dollars Dow's Sermons Dutch Eastford English English language expression fish give grass ground heard horse Human Nature Indian corn Jones's Courtship Kentucky land language Letter Loco-foco maize Margaret means Menhaden Mexico Mississippi Mountains N. Y. Spirit N. Y. Tribune negro never North Northern one's origin party peculiar person phrase Pickering plant political popular name prairies Pron pronunciation Providence Journal provincial in England Rhode Island river Sam Slick says sense Slick in England sometimes South South Carolina Southern Sketches Spanish real species Squatter tell term applied Texas thing town tree United Virginia vulgar Washington Webster West West Indies Western Whig Widow Bedott Papers wood Worcester word writers Yankee York York Tribune