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... pieces of English composition , have had the effect of giving to the writings of many of them an artificial , unidiomatic character , which has an inexpressibly unpleasant effect to those who are not habituated to it . The agricultural ...
... pieces of English composition , have had the effect of giving to the writings of many of them an artificial , unidiomatic character , which has an inexpressibly unpleasant effect to those who are not habituated to it . The agricultural ...
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... pieces . This expression is often heard in low and familiar language . It is an English provincialism . Mr. Halliwell says , that a Lancashire man , telling his master the mill - dam had burst , exclaimed , " Mais- ter , maister , dam's ...
... pieces . This expression is often heard in low and familiar language . It is an English provincialism . Mr. Halliwell says , that a Lancashire man , telling his master the mill - dam had burst , exclaimed , " Mais- ter , maister , dam's ...
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... the dense forests of the West , a person would soon lose his way and find it difficult to retrace his steps without some land - mark . This is effected by cutting a piece out of the side of trees at a sufficient 34 DICTIONARY OF.
... the dense forests of the West , a person would soon lose his way and find it difficult to retrace his steps without some land - mark . This is effected by cutting a piece out of the side of trees at a sufficient 34 DICTIONARY OF.
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... piece out of the side of trees at a sufficient distance from each other to enable the traveller readily to discover them and thus follow the direct path or road . Such a mark is called a blaze , and trees thus marked are said to be ...
... piece out of the side of trees at a sufficient distance from each other to enable the traveller readily to discover them and thus follow the direct path or road . Such a mark is called a blaze , and trees thus marked are said to be ...
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... piece about the major's book . I suppose somebody's been blowin ' him up , and he ain't used to it . - Maj . Jones's Courtship . I thought I could stand a blowing up pretty well - I have had some expe- rience in that way , as the old ...
... piece about the major's book . I suppose somebody's been blowin ' him up , and he ain't used to it . - Maj . Jones's Courtship . I thought I could stand a blowing up pretty well - I have had some expe- rience in that way , as the old ...
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