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... thing is observable , and certain of them contain more of the class denominated slang words than our own . The Whig papers throughout the United States employ certain po- litical terms in advocating the principles of their party , and ...
... thing is observable , and certain of them contain more of the class denominated slang words than our own . The Whig papers throughout the United States employ certain po- litical terms in advocating the principles of their party , and ...
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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 one's Bend . Out of one's power . A common expression in ...
... 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 one's Bend . Out of one's power . A common expression in ...
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... thing I know'd , my trowsers were plastered all over with hot molas- ses , 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 molas- ses , 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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... Thing Else . A hyperbolical phrase , denoting a strong affirma- tion , which has recently sprung up and become quite common , is given in the following quotation : - Loco - Foco . Didn't General Cass get mad at Hull's cowardice , and ...
... Thing Else . A hyperbolical phrase , denoting a strong affirma- tion , which has recently sprung up and become quite common , is given in the following quotation : - Loco - Foco . Didn't General Cass get mad at Hull's cowardice , and ...
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... thing , " in which sense it is most commonly employed by us . Appointable . That may be appointed or constituted ; as officers are appointed by the Executive . - Federalist , Webster . - To appreciate , v . a . To raise the value of ...
... thing , " in which sense it is most commonly employed by us . Appointable . That may be appointed or constituted ; as officers are appointed by the Executive . - Federalist , Webster . - To appreciate , v . a . To raise the value of ...
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ain't American banks blue-fish Boston boys California called Canada colloquial common Connecticut corn corruption Democratic Dictionary dollars Dow's Sermons Dutch England English expression fish give ground heard Hist horse Indian land language Letter maize Major Jones's Courtship Mark Twain Massachusetts means Menhaden Mexico Mountains N. Y. Herald N. Y. Spirit N. Y. Tribune Negro never North one's origin party peculiar person phrase Pickering plant political popular name prairies Pron Providence Journal Rhode Island river Rocky Mountains Sam Slick says slang slaves Slick in England sometimes Song South South Carolina Southern speaking species Squatter term applied Texas thing town tree United Virginia vulgar Wall Street Washington Webster West Western Whig whiskey Widow Bedott Papers wood Worcester word writers Yankee York York Tribune
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Page 401 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 208 - The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution, but a composition of both. In its foundation it is federal, not national; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the government are drawn it is partly federal and partly national; in the operation of these powers it is national, not federal; in the extent of them, again, it is federal, not national; and, finally, in...
Page 134 - In the scene that ensued I did not take a hand, But the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding In the game
Page 359 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 411 - In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.
Page 99 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Page 472 - A Platform of Church Discipline gathered out of the word of God: and agreed upon by the Elders; and Messengers of the Churches assembled in the Synod at Cambridge in New England to be presented to the Churches and General! Court for their consideration and acceptance, in the Lord.
Page 402 - that the powers have an undoubted right to take a hostile attitude in regard to those states in which the overthrow of the government may operate as an example.
Page 781 - ... legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not exceeding five dollars in any one payment.
Page vii - Silverland, and as each adventurer had brought the slang of his nation or his locality with him, the combination made the slang of Nevada the richest and the most infinitely varied and copious that had ever existed anywhere in the world, perhaps, except in the mines of California in the "early days.