Littell's Living Age, Volume 172Living Age Company Incorporated, 1886 |
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Page 70
... words have vanished . Nobody nowadays tive spirit of the sailor . There was a loud talks of " clawing off , " though the expres outcry when the Admiralty many years sion is perfect as representing a vessel ago condemned the term ...
... words have vanished . Nobody nowadays tive spirit of the sailor . There was a loud talks of " clawing off , " though the expres outcry when the Admiralty many years sion is perfect as representing a vessel ago condemned the term ...
Page 174
... words that he has used . Still , I am bound to say that Dean Plumptre's translation of the passage is superior to Mr. Minchin's , who has described the scene , and closes his description with the words , - --- ship or suffering , then ...
... words that he has used . Still , I am bound to say that Dean Plumptre's translation of the passage is superior to Mr. Minchin's , who has described the scene , and closes his description with the words , - --- ship or suffering , then ...
Page 683
... words , to which alone and which he pretended was out of Pin- we are accustomed , has spoiled our taste dar . His wit , like an elephant's probos- and made us hate the word . A pun , if it cis , could uproot an oak - tree , or pick up a ...
... words , to which alone and which he pretended was out of Pin- we are accustomed , has spoiled our taste dar . His wit , like an elephant's probos- and made us hate the word . A pun , if it cis , could uproot an oak - tree , or pick up a ...
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