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... events of every - day life , with the requisite force and piquancy . In the English newspapers the same thing is observable , and certain of them contain more of the class denominated slang words than our own . The Whig papers X PREFACE.
... events of every - day life , with the requisite force and piquancy . In the English newspapers the same thing is observable , and certain of them contain more of the class denominated slang words than our own . The Whig papers X PREFACE.
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... thing beyond it , that adverbs are now often employed where idiomatic usage requires an adjective ; as , " I feel very badly ; " " you look charmingly , " etc. So that we may expect soon to hear , " She seems ignorantly ; " " He became ...
... thing beyond it , that adverbs are now often employed where idiomatic usage requires an adjective ; as , " I feel very badly ; " " you look charmingly , " etc. So that we may expect soon to hear , " She seems ignorantly ; " " He became ...
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... thing about right is to do it well . I fell foul of the old mare ; and if I didn't give it to her about right , then there's none o ' me , that's all . New England Stories . ABOVE PAR . A term originally applied to stocks , but often ...
... thing about right is to do it well . I fell foul of the old mare ; and if I didn't give it to her about right , then there's none o ' me , that's all . New England Stories . ABOVE PAR . A term originally applied to stocks , but often ...
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... I am ! My mouth tastes like a rusty cent . The doctor will charge an all - fired price to cure me .-- Knickerbocker Mag . , 1845 . V The first thing I know'd , my trowsers were 1 * ALB - ALL 5 ALBANY HEMP. (Urtica canadensis.) ...
... I am ! My mouth tastes like a rusty cent . The doctor will charge an all - fired price to cure me .-- Knickerbocker Mag . , 1845 . V The first thing I know'd , my trowsers were 1 * ALB - ALL 5 ALBANY HEMP. (Urtica canadensis.) ...
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... thing I know'd , my trowsers were plastered all over with hot molasses , which burnt all - fired bad . — Major Jones's Courtship , p . 87 . Old Haines sweating like a pitcher with ice - water in it , and looking all - fired tired ...
... thing I know'd , my trowsers were plastered all over with hot molasses , which burnt all - fired bad . — Major Jones's Courtship , p . 87 . Old Haines sweating like a pitcher with ice - water in it , and looking all - fired tired ...
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