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... meaning of this well- known proverb ? C. S. W. [ The earliest English version of the proverb we have met with is in Ray , where it runs- " He that would hang his dog gives out first that he's mad ; " and is thus ex- plained- " He that ...
... meaning of this well- known proverb ? C. S. W. [ The earliest English version of the proverb we have met with is in Ray , where it runs- " He that would hang his dog gives out first that he's mad ; " and is thus ex- plained- " He that ...
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... meaning to the French faillir , and of which the participle fallido remains in use . JOHN W. BONE . 42 , Bedford Square . This inscription well exemplifies the curious change of the Latin f into h in modern Spanish ; for we here see ...
... meaning to the French faillir , and of which the participle fallido remains in use . JOHN W. BONE . 42 , Bedford Square . This inscription well exemplifies the curious change of the Latin f into h in modern Spanish ; for we here see ...
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... Meaning of " Howard " - La Vendée- Leprosy in England - Poetical Canon - Colonel Bullen Rhemes - Rule of St. Benedict - Selling a Wife - Southey's Essay - Swallows building in London - Terra - Cotta , 27 . QUERIES WITH ANSWERS ...
... Meaning of " Howard " - La Vendée- Leprosy in England - Poetical Canon - Colonel Bullen Rhemes - Rule of St. Benedict - Selling a Wife - Southey's Essay - Swallows building in London - Terra - Cotta , 27 . QUERIES WITH ANSWERS ...
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... meaning may be gathered from the following examples recently noted by me : - It's a great squandering church , too big for such a little parish , and very cold in the winter . It would be a great improvement to put a cieling in " ( i ...
... meaning may be gathered from the following examples recently noted by me : - It's a great squandering church , too big for such a little parish , and very cold in the winter . It would be a great improvement to put a cieling in " ( i ...
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... meaning . So they are to me . The only Hildebert of whom I have read was Archbishop of Tours in the early part of the twelfth century . Not a likely person to express such a wish . Did he , or any other ? E. N. H. EMANUEL HOWE . Was ...
... meaning . So they are to me . The only Hildebert of whom I have read was Archbishop of Tours in the early part of the twelfth century . Not a likely person to express such a wish . Did he , or any other ? E. N. H. EMANUEL HOWE . Was ...
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