Suffolk SurnamesTrübner & Company, 1861 - 757 pages |
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Anburey's Travels appears Boston Boston Courier Britaine's Remaines British Navy British peerage British volunteer Capt Chauchard's maps Christian name Cobourg common name Conn County Court Cunard steamer deed died Directory for 1857 duate England English author named find families Fort St found in Philadelphia Galignani George German gives graduate of Yale Harvard College Irish volunteer JOHN Jones's Miscellanies Kingston late lives at Montreal lives at Toronto lives in Philadelphia London Magazine Lord-Mayor of London Macklin Bible married Mass Middlesex County Montreal name is found New-York Assembly New-York Directory November October officer ordnance-department perhaps Philadelphia are families Philadelphia I find physician Port Hope published in London Quebec Salem Sermons were published sometimes spelt subscribed for Agassiz's subscribed for Anburey's subscribed for Chauchard's subscribed for Jones's Suffolk County surnames Tattler THOMAS Toronto United-States volunteer in 1804 West Point Westminster Abbey York I find
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Page 3 - SURNAMES. MEN once were surnamed from their shape or estate, (You all may from history worm it;) There was Lewis the Bulky, and Henry the Great, John Lackland, and Peter the Hermit. But now, when the door-plates of Misters and Dames Are read, each so constantly varies From the owner's trade, figure, and calling, Surnames Seem given by the rule of contraries. Mr. Box, though provoked, never doubles his fist, Mr. Burns in his grate has no fuel, Mr. Playfair won't catch me at hazard or whist, Mr. Coward...
Page 3 - Heaviside danced a Bolero. Miss Joy, wretched maid, when she chose Mr. Love, Found nothing but sorrow await her : She now holds in wedlock as true as a dove, That fondest of mates Mr. Hayter.
Page 3 - Coward was winged in a duel. Mr. Wise is a dunce, Mr. King is a whig, Mr. Coffin's uncommonly sprightly, And huge Mr. Little broke down in a gig, While driving fat Mrs. Golightly.
Page 78 - No petty gain disdained by pride; The modest wants of every day The toil of every day supplied. His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.
Page 4 - Younghusband's the starchest. Mr. Child, in a passion, knock'd down Mr. Rock ; Mr. Stone like an aspen-leaf shivers ; Miss Pool used to dance, but she stands like a stock Ever since she became Mrs. Rivers. Mr. Swift hobbles onward, no mortal knows how, He moves as though cords had entwined him ; Mr.
Page xxiv - My misfortune has received every alleviation which science could suggest, or the kindness of family and friends bestow ; but my bodily pain and weariness soon made some fixed employment almost indispensable. I accordingly commenced the printing of this work in the autumn of 1859 ; and it has enabled me to attain a state of cheerful discomfort. ... If my volume shall sometimes dispel the cloud of care or thought from the brow of manhood, or call forth a smile upon the face of youth and beauty, I may...
Page 4 - POOLE used to dance, but she stands like a stock Ever since she became Mrs. RIVERS ; Mr. SWIFT hobbles onward no mortal knows how, — He moves as though cords had intwined him; Mr.
Page 176 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 4 - Mr. Barker's as mute as a fish in the sea, Mr. Miles never moves on a journey, Mr. Gotobed sits up till half after three, Mr.
Page 1 - AMES are known to have been assumed, in some instances, before the Norman conquest ; but they did not become general in England until two or three centuries later. Every name, no doubt, originally had a meaning, or was at first assumed or imposed from its real or supposed fitness, from some accidental circumstance, or from mere caprice.