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... carrying out this plan , I have endeavored to give the most accurate definitions , citing the authorities in all cases ... carried out more completely in Mr. Richardson's dictionary . The class of words which are purely American in their ...
... carrying out this plan , I have endeavored to give the most accurate definitions , citing the authorities in all cases ... carried out more completely in Mr. Richardson's dictionary . The class of words which are purely American in their ...
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... carried the study of the German language and lit- erature for some years back , added to a very general neglect of the old masterpieces of English composition , have had the effect of giving to the writings of many of them an artificial ...
... carried the study of the German language and lit- erature for some years back , added to a very general neglect of the old masterpieces of English composition , have had the effect of giving to the writings of many of them an artificial ...
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... carried , N. E. deestrict 66 cuss " curious , cupola , " curtesy , " 6 curse , " dare , W. daughter , " deaf , " do , N. E. district , N. E. desput dooz gineral git gownd injine innards innemy janders shuk xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... carried , N. E. deestrict 66 cuss " curious , cupola , " curtesy , " 6 curse , " dare , W. daughter , " deaf , " do , N. E. district , N. E. desput dooz gineral git gownd injine innards innemy janders shuk xxvi INTRODUCTION .
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... carried from fifty to an hundred tons . On the lower courses of the Mississippi , when the wind did not serve and the waters were high , it was worked up stream by the operation that is called ' warping ' - a most laborious , slow , and ...
... carried from fifty to an hundred tons . On the lower courses of the Mississippi , when the wind did not serve and the waters were high , it was worked up stream by the operation that is called ' warping ' - a most laborious , slow , and ...
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... carried by police- men . See Slung - shot . A day or two since a poor German was taken to prison , and , on examining him , it was discovered that he was a victim to the billy . — N. Y. Herald . BIME - BY . A popular contraction for by ...
... carried by police- men . See Slung - shot . A day or two since a poor German was taken to prison , and , on examining him , it was discovered that he was a victim to the billy . — N. Y. Herald . BIME - BY . A popular contraction for by ...
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