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Page 373
... English verb to swinge , i.e . to beat soundly : An often dede him sore swinge . For a last example of this antiquarian group , were it not for the slang word cockney , we should almost forget the won- drous land of Cokaygne , French ...
... English verb to swinge , i.e . to beat soundly : An often dede him sore swinge . For a last example of this antiquarian group , were it not for the slang word cockney , we should almost forget the won- drous land of Cokaygne , French ...
Page 375
... English three derivatives , two of them the last few centuries found their way in- curiously shifted in signification , from to English slang , mostly look as though Latin captivus , captive . But the most they had been picked up by our ...
... English three derivatives , two of them the last few centuries found their way in- curiously shifted in signification , from to English slang , mostly look as though Latin captivus , captive . But the most they had been picked up by our ...
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... English , and during Shakespearean commentators should look the nights , if some rats or mouses trou- to their laurels . ble me , I tell them Go lon , and they obey , understanding perfectly my English . " Possibly that sentence was a ...
... English , and during Shakespearean commentators should look the nights , if some rats or mouses trou- to their laurels . ble me , I tell them Go lon , and they obey , understanding perfectly my English . " Possibly that sentence was a ...
Contents
Two CHAPTERS ON THE REIGN OF LOUIS | 67 |
THE STORY OF VALENTINE | 78 |
DR JOHNSONS WRITINGS | 91 |
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