Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... keep them AWAKE ; to render those persons who are a little UP , more FLY : and to cause every one to be down to those tricks , manœuvres , and impositions practised in life , which daily cross the paths of both young and old , has been ...
... keep them AWAKE ; to render those persons who are a little UP , more FLY : and to cause every one to be down to those tricks , manœuvres , and impositions practised in life , which daily cross the paths of both young and old , has been ...
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... keeping . His losses on this occasion roused his latent talents : with a good classical education he united a fine taste for drawing , which he now began again to cultivate ; and , encouraged by his friends , he undertook the work from ...
... keeping . His losses on this occasion roused his latent talents : with a good classical education he united a fine taste for drawing , which he now began again to cultivate ; and , encouraged by his friends , he undertook the work from ...
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... two straps over his master , for the purpose of keeping the bed - clothes on him , Captain Grose being so bulky and uncomfortable to himself . Captain Grose delighted much in punning upon his own figure xxxviii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF.
... two straps over his master , for the purpose of keeping the bed - clothes on him , Captain Grose being so bulky and uncomfortable to himself . Captain Grose delighted much in punning upon his own figure xxxviii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF.
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... keep within the letter of the law . Sea wit . ANDREW MILLER'S LUGGER . A king's ship or vessel . Sea cant . ANGLERS . Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick having a hook at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows ...
... keep within the letter of the law . Sea wit . ANDREW MILLER'S LUGGER . A king's ship or vessel . Sea cant . ANGLERS . Pilferers , or petty thieves , who , with a stick having a hook at the end , steal goods out of shop - windows ...
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... keeping a secret . BLACK AND WHITE . In writing . I have it in black and white ; I have written evidence . BLACK ART . The art of picking a lock . Cant . BLACK A - SE . black a - se . A copper or kettle . The pot calls the kettle Cant ...
... keeping a secret . BLACK AND WHITE . In writing . I have it in black and white ; I have written evidence . BLACK ART . The art of picking a lock . Cant . BLACK A - SE . black a - se . A copper or kettle . The pot calls the kettle Cant ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Grose's Classical Dictionary of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ... Francis Grose Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
Grose's Classical Dictionary of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ... Francis Grose Previsualització no disponible - 2019 |
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