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... tion as to this family . It is of Scottish origin , and said to be connected with John Barbour , the poet of the fourteenth century . Is there any ground for this assertion , and is anything known as to the ancestry , & c . , of that ...
... tion as to this family . It is of Scottish origin , and said to be connected with John Barbour , the poet of the fourteenth century . Is there any ground for this assertion , and is anything known as to the ancestry , & c . , of that ...
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... tion of the word . There is , however , in the south of England a very common use of this noun as a verb , when it means to rot or fade away . Thus , a gardener speaks of his cuttings from bedding plants which have not taken root as ...
... tion of the word . There is , however , in the south of England a very common use of this noun as a verb , when it means to rot or fade away . Thus , a gardener speaks of his cuttings from bedding plants which have not taken root as ...
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... tion into our language , but I lately met with it in Swift's poem , Strephon and Chloe , 1731. On referring to Dr. Johnson's Dictionary , I found that he quotes Swift and also Dr. Arbuthnot for the use of the word . Was Dr. Arbuthnot ...
... tion into our language , but I lately met with it in Swift's poem , Strephon and Chloe , 1731. On referring to Dr. Johnson's Dictionary , I found that he quotes Swift and also Dr. Arbuthnot for the use of the word . Was Dr. Arbuthnot ...
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