Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference for Such Familiar Words, Phrases and Expressions as are Oftenest Quoted and Met with in General Literature ; Together with Their Authorship and Position in the Original : Also, a Carefully Prepared List of Popular Quotations from the Latin, French and Other LanguagesG.W. Carleton & Company, 1877 - 340 páginas |
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... JOHN MORRIS , 1711 , The Parting . The good he scorn'd Stalked off reluctant , like an ill - us'd ghost , Not to return ; or , if it did , in VISITS Like those of ANGELS , short and far between . BLAIR , The Grave . Anger . - ANGER is ...
... JOHN MORRIS , 1711 , The Parting . The good he scorn'd Stalked off reluctant , like an ill - us'd ghost , Not to return ; or , if it did , in VISITS Like those of ANGELS , short and far between . BLAIR , The Grave . Anger . - ANGER is ...
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... John . - In England and Scotland , a jocular name for ale or beer , which is made of barley . Sir John is the subject of a famous old ballad of the same name . In a whimsical English tract of ancient date , entitled " The Arraigning and ...
... John . - In England and Scotland , a jocular name for ale or beer , which is made of barley . Sir John is the subject of a famous old ballad of the same name . In a whimsical English tract of ancient date , entitled " The Arraigning and ...
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... Jonathan Turnbull ; governor of Connecticut , he was wont , in cases of emergency , to say that he would " consult BROTHER JONATHAN , " and the saying passed into a by - word . " " Bull , John . - A well - POPULAR QUOTATIONS . 19.
... Jonathan Turnbull ; governor of Connecticut , he was wont , in cases of emergency , to say that he would " consult BROTHER JONATHAN , " and the saying passed into a by - word . " " Bull , John . - A well - POPULAR QUOTATIONS . 19.
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... John . - A well - known collective name of the English nation , first used in Arbuthnot's satire , " The History of JOHN BULL , " usually published in Swift's works . In this satire , the French are designated as Lewis Baboon , the ...
... John . - A well - known collective name of the English nation , first used in Arbuthnot's satire , " The History of JOHN BULL , " usually published in Swift's works . In this satire , the French are designated as Lewis Baboon , the ...
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... John . - A cant or popular name for the Chinese . earliest known instance of its use is in " A Letter to the Committee of Management of Drury Lane Theater , London , 1819. " Chivalry . It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw ...
... John . - A cant or popular name for the Chinese . earliest known instance of its use is in " A Letter to the Committee of Management of Drury Lane Theater , London , 1819. " Chivalry . It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw ...
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