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... known to many . A few other words have been given me from time to time by other friends , who knew that I was making this collection . To all of these I am happy to ex- press my acknowledgments . When the work had advanced far towards ...
... known to many . A few other words have been given me from time to time by other friends , who knew that I was making this collection . To all of these I am happy to ex- press my acknowledgments . When the work had advanced far towards ...
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... known to and used by the Indians , and which the Europeans did not possess ; as , canoe , hammock , moccasin , wampum , wigwam , tomahawk , pemmican ; and 4th , names applied by Indians to themselves in their various relations ; as ...
... known to and used by the Indians , and which the Europeans did not possess ; as , canoe , hammock , moccasin , wampum , wigwam , tomahawk , pemmican ; and 4th , names applied by Indians to themselves in their various relations ; as ...
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... known than other classes . In many in- stances , however , their existence is but short . They often spring up with a party ; and as the parties become extinct , or give place to new ones , the terms which express their peculiar ideas ...
... known than other classes . In many in- stances , however , their existence is but short . They often spring up with a party ; and as the parties become extinct , or give place to new ones , the terms which express their peculiar ideas ...
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... known to those who are in turn well known to Stewart , and who stand on his books rated A No. 1 for the length of their bills , that the fitting out a young lady nowadays for a winter season in town , or a summer season at a watering ...
... known to those who are in turn well known to Stewart , and who stand on his books rated A No. 1 for the length of their bills , that the fitting out a young lady nowadays for a winter season in town , or a summer season at a watering ...
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... known . The words I underscore have disappeared - gone for ever , it would seem . Nobody hears of them more . It is the action of the House , or the House taking action ; the action of the Senate , or the Senate taking action ; or what ...
... known . The words I underscore have disappeared - gone for ever , it would seem . Nobody hears of them more . It is the action of the House , or the House taking action ; the action of the Senate , or the Senate taking action ; or what ...
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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