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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... given to the English Parliament which assembled at London , April 5 , 1614 , and was dissolved on the 6th of the following June . It was so called because it remonstrated with the king on his levying " benevolences , " and passed no ...
... given to the English Parliament which assembled at London , April 5 , 1614 , and was dissolved on the 6th of the following June . It was so called because it remonstrated with the king on his levying " benevolences , " and passed no ...
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... given his very heart to this liquor [ the " Archdeacon " ] : it is a superior kind of ale , the Prince of Ales , with a richer flavour and a mightier spirit than you can find else- where in this weary world . - HAWTHORNE . Barren . - I ...
... given his very heart to this liquor [ the " Archdeacon " ] : it is a superior kind of ale , the Prince of Ales , with a richer flavour and a mightier spirit than you can find else- where in this weary world . - HAWTHORNE . Barren . - I ...
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... given to the celebrated Oriental plague that devastated Europe during the 14th century . Black Monday .-- A memorable Easter Monday in 1351 , very dark and misty . A great deal of hail fell , and the cold was so extreme that many died ...
... given to the celebrated Oriental plague that devastated Europe during the 14th century . Black Monday .-- A memorable Easter Monday in 1351 , very dark and misty . A great deal of hail fell , and the cold was so extreme that many died ...
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... given the following ac- count : - .. " Boz , my signature in the ' Morning Chronicle , ' was the nickname of a pet child , younger brother , whom I had dubbed Moses , in honour of the Vicar of Wakefield , ' which , being facetiously ...
... given the following ac- count : - .. " Boz , my signature in the ' Morning Chronicle , ' was the nickname of a pet child , younger brother , whom I had dubbed Moses , in honour of the Vicar of Wakefield , ' which , being facetiously ...
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... given to editions of the so - called Genevan Bible ( first printed at Geneva , by Rowland Hall , 1560 , in 4to ) , from the peculiar rendering of Gen. iii . 7 . Brevity . - BREVITY is the soul of wit , And tediousness the limbs and ...
... given to editions of the so - called Genevan Bible ( first printed at Geneva , by Rowland Hall , 1560 , in 4to ) , from the peculiar rendering of Gen. iii . 7 . Brevity . - BREVITY is the soul of wit , And tediousness the limbs and ...
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