Notes and Queries, Volumen93Oxford University Press, 1896 |
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... late as 1779 , referring to the holly and ivy with which they decorated their houses at Christmas . In this traditional observance the mistletoe has no part- another indication of its purely Saxon origin . We must remember the holly is ...
... late as 1779 , referring to the holly and ivy with which they decorated their houses at Christmas . In this traditional observance the mistletoe has no part- another indication of its purely Saxon origin . We must remember the holly is ...
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... late learned and witty Sheriff Barclay , of Perth , in his ' Old Glasgow , ' gives the following grim instance of the word in this etymological sense : - " One Thomas or Tam Young long held the office of headsman . He was to be seen ...
... late learned and witty Sheriff Barclay , of Perth , in his ' Old Glasgow , ' gives the following grim instance of the word in this etymological sense : - " One Thomas or Tam Young long held the office of headsman . He was to be seen ...
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... late as the time of Julius Cæsar for attempted insurrection . His authority is Dio Cassius . G. T. SHERBORN . Twickenham . 66 " 6 " BATTLETWIG " : " LANDLADY " : " BOGGART ” ( 8th S. viii . 85 , 255 ) .- The first of these will be found ...
... late as the time of Julius Cæsar for attempted insurrection . His authority is Dio Cassius . G. T. SHERBORN . Twickenham . 66 " 6 " BATTLETWIG " : " LANDLADY " : " BOGGART ” ( 8th S. viii . 85 , 255 ) .- The first of these will be found ...
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... late friend Thomas Adolphus Trollope , in his What I Remember ' ( vol . ii . ) , has recorded a description of a visit paid by him in 1861 , in company with G. H. Lewes and George Eliot ( Mrs. Lewes ) to a Carthusian monastery , then in ...
... late friend Thomas Adolphus Trollope , in his What I Remember ' ( vol . ii . ) , has recorded a description of a visit paid by him in 1861 , in company with G. H. Lewes and George Eliot ( Mrs. Lewes ) to a Carthusian monastery , then in ...
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... late Secretary to the Hon . Commissioners of the Customs and Ex- cise , " wrote a prologue to it , spoken by Mr. Elrington , on King William's birth - night ; and Col. John Allen wrote an epilogue , spoken by Mr. Giffard . I think that ...
... late Secretary to the Hon . Commissioners of the Customs and Ex- cise , " wrote a prologue to it , spoken by Mr. Elrington , on King William's birth - night ; and Col. John Allen wrote an epilogue , spoken by Mr. Giffard . I think that ...
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