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... JOHN HODGKIN . ་ APSSEN COUNTER ( 10 S. xii . 349 ) .— Would not this be a counting - table , or counter , made of the wood of the aspen tree , or trembling poplar , a wood sometimes used in the construction of some lighter articles of ...
... JOHN HODGKIN . ་ APSSEN COUNTER ( 10 S. xii . 349 ) .— Would not this be a counting - table , or counter , made of the wood of the aspen tree , or trembling poplar , a wood sometimes used in the construction of some lighter articles of ...
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... JOHN HODGKIN . Bakehouse . " " ADOXOGRAPHY " : 66 22 66 ' DOXOGRAPHICAL ( 10 S. xii . 387 ) .- The former word , with the still uglier adoxographical , " would seem Some years to be of transatlantic origin . ago I drew attention ( 9 S ...
... JOHN HODGKIN . Bakehouse . " " ADOXOGRAPHY " : 66 22 66 ' DOXOGRAPHICAL ( 10 S. xii . 387 ) .- The former word , with the still uglier adoxographical , " would seem Some years to be of transatlantic origin . ago I drew attention ( 9 S ...
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... JOHN HODGKIN . YON " ITS USE BY SCOTSMEN ( 11 S. i . 43 ) .- MR . BAYNE writes with authority on all matters connected with the Scottish language , and it is with great diffidence that one ventures to dissent from any statement of his ...
... JOHN HODGKIN . YON " ITS USE BY SCOTSMEN ( 11 S. i . 43 ) .- MR . BAYNE writes with authority on all matters connected with the Scottish language , and it is with great diffidence that one ventures to dissent from any statement of his ...
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... JOHN HODGKIN . the words hoix ( modern hark forward . The following explanation of " tally - ho , " proffered by Brewer in ' Phrase and Fable , ' may be worth quoting : - " Tally - ho is the Norman hunting cry , Taillis au ! ( To the ...
... JOHN HODGKIN . the words hoix ( modern hark forward . The following explanation of " tally - ho , " proffered by Brewer in ' Phrase and Fable , ' may be worth quoting : - " Tally - ho is the Norman hunting cry , Taillis au ! ( To the ...
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... JOHN HODGKIN . After giving various forms of the proverb Tela prævisa minus nocent " ( No. 4 among Mr. DE VILLIERS's quotations ) , I have come on a passage where it is worded in what is virtually the same way . Gilbertus Cognatus ...
... JOHN HODGKIN . After giving various forms of the proverb Tela prævisa minus nocent " ( No. 4 among Mr. DE VILLIERS's quotations ) , I have come on a passage where it is worded in what is virtually the same way . Gilbertus Cognatus ...
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