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... the structure of the English has remained in all essential respects the same from the period when it first became a language . Moreover , the number of foreign importations con- B ( xiii ) tained in our dictionaries , gives by no means a.
... the structure of the English has remained in all essential respects the same from the period when it first became a language . Moreover , the number of foreign importations con- B ( xiii ) tained in our dictionaries , gives by no means a.
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... means a correct idea of the number of such words which we actually make use of . The greater part of our house- hold , colloquial , and poetical expressions are Saxon , and so are all those im- portant words called particles , on which ...
... means a correct idea of the number of such words which we actually make use of . The greater part of our house- hold , colloquial , and poetical expressions are Saxon , and so are all those im- portant words called particles , on which ...
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... means to confess or acknowledge a charge or imputation . The following story is told as the origin of the phrase : -- Some years ago , a raw customer , from the upper country , determined to try his fortune at New Orleans . Accordingly ...
... means to confess or acknowledge a charge or imputation . The following story is told as the origin of the phrase : -- Some years ago , a raw customer , from the upper country , determined to try his fortune at New Orleans . Accordingly ...
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... means as well as others , and his avowed devotion to the Southern or slave - holding interest.— N. Y. Com . Adv ... mean by this in thus presenting candidates who have no principles ? They proceed on the principle of mere availability ...
... means as well as others , and his avowed devotion to the Southern or slave - holding interest.— N. Y. Com . Adv ... mean by this in thus presenting candidates who have no principles ? They proceed on the principle of mere availability ...
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... mean a lover , sweetheart . TO BEAU . To act in the capacity of a gallant or beau . Well , I got to beauin ' Miss ... means confined to the illiterate . The word elegant is less frequently abused in the same manner . BEAVER . ( Castor ...
... mean a lover , sweetheart . TO BEAU . To act in the capacity of a gallant or beau . Well , I got to beauin ' Miss ... means confined to the illiterate . The word elegant is less frequently abused in the same manner . BEAVER . ( Castor ...
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