Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1888 - 119 Seiten |
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... meaning seems to be a clump or mass . Wedgwood . ( Dutch school , a shoal of fishes . ) 53. Porpoises ( Lat . porcus , hog ; piscis , fish ) , hog - fishes . Grampus ( Lat . grandis , large , and piscis , fish ; or perhaps , crassus ...
... meaning seems to be a clump or mass . Wedgwood . ( Dutch school , a shoal of fishes . ) 53. Porpoises ( Lat . porcus , hog ; piscis , fish ) , hog - fishes . Grampus ( Lat . grandis , large , and piscis , fish ; or perhaps , crassus ...
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... meaning [ of saunter ] would seem to be to trail or drag along . " Wedgwood . Akin to Ger . schlentern and shlendern , to wander idly about , to loiter . house , so that his appearance was always greeted with 36 THE SKETCH - BOOK .
... meaning [ of saunter ] would seem to be to trail or drag along . " Wedgwood . Akin to Ger . schlentern and shlendern , to wander idly about , to loiter . house , so that his appearance was always greeted with 36 THE SKETCH - BOOK .
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... military incursion , especially in border warfare . 845. Beat the goblin horse all hollow . All hollow , meaning completely , is colloquial and inelegant . and added many marvellous events that had taken place in 58 THE SKETCH - BOOK .
... military incursion , especially in border warfare . 845. Beat the goblin horse all hollow . All hollow , meaning completely , is colloquial and inelegant . and added many marvellous events that had taken place in 58 THE SKETCH - BOOK .
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THE VOYAGE | 1 |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY | 11 |
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW | 28 |
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