Dictionary of AmericanismsLittle, Brown,; [etc., etc. ], 1859 - 524 pages |
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... never large , nor did they extend their settlements beyond the valley of the Mohawk and lands adjacent ; yet we find even in this thickly settled State , after a lapse of two hundred years , that they have left evident traces on our ...
... never large , nor did they extend their settlements beyond the valley of the Mohawk and lands adjacent ; yet we find even in this thickly settled State , after a lapse of two hundred years , that they have left evident traces on our ...
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... never seriously affect the language . Writers of political articles in the newspapers , stump - orators , and the members of legislative bodies , have added much to the English vocabulary . This class of words , though not remarkable ...
... never seriously affect the language . Writers of political articles in the newspapers , stump - orators , and the members of legislative bodies , have added much to the English vocabulary . This class of words , though not remarkable ...
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... never thought she was so awful handsome as some folks does.- Widow Bedott Papers . AWFULLY . Exceedingly , excessively . - The chimneys were awfully given to smoking . — Carlton , New Purchase . To AXE . ( Ang . Sax . acsian , axian ...
... never thought she was so awful handsome as some folks does.- Widow Bedott Papers . AWFULLY . Exceedingly , excessively . - The chimneys were awfully given to smoking . — Carlton , New Purchase . To AXE . ( Ang . Sax . acsian , axian ...
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... never fetch any thing about . — Maj . Downing . BACKWARD . Is sometimes used in the West for bashful , unwilling to appear in company , on the same principle as " forward " in correct lan- guage means the very contrary . BACKWOODS . The ...
... never fetch any thing about . — Maj . Downing . BACKWARD . Is sometimes used in the West for bashful , unwilling to appear in company , on the same principle as " forward " in correct lan- guage means the very contrary . BACKWOODS . The ...
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... never timber . They are classed as Pine - barrens , Oak - barrens , etc. , ac- cording to the kind of tree which prevails upon them . In Kentucky , the term is applied to certain regions in the carboniferous limestone for- mation , the ...
... never timber . They are classed as Pine - barrens , Oak - barrens , etc. , ac- cording to the kind of tree which prevails upon them . In Kentucky , the term is applied to certain regions in the carboniferous limestone for- mation , the ...
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Page 68 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Page 276 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 446 - Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page xvi - Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Reign of Edward I. 2 vols, 8vo, containing upwards of 1,000 pages, closely printed In double columns, cloth, a new and cheaper edition.
Page 283 - In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.
Page 448 - Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light. What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming-! And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there...
Page 25 - Then fill to-night, with hearts as light, To loves as gay and fleeting As bubbles that swim on the beaker's brim, And break on the lips while meeting.
Page 270 - Knipp took us all in. and brought to us Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of 'Coelia' to-day very fine, and did it pretty well; I kissed her. and so did my wife, and a mighty pretty soul she is.
Page 136 - That if the President of the United States shall in his judgment and discretion deem it most advisable, instead of proceeding to submit the foregoing resolution to the Republic of Texas, as an overture on the part of the United States for admission, to negotiate with that Republic; then...
Page 326 - A Platform of Church Discipline gathered out of the word of God: and agreed upon by the Elders; and Messengers of the Churches assembled in the Synod at Cambridge in New England to be presented to the Churches and General! Court for their consideration and acceptance, in the Lord.