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... doubt is , familiar with both Italian and French , declaring the word , on the mere strength of its appearance , to be of Italian origin . Will they kindly point out to me an Italian word with the last syllable reduplicated ? I also am ...
... doubt is , familiar with both Italian and French , declaring the word , on the mere strength of its appearance , to be of Italian origin . Will they kindly point out to me an Italian word with the last syllable reduplicated ? I also am ...
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... doubt that this word is con- nected with room , A.-S. rúm , space . I do not at all see why we should derive the word from Fr. remuer ; remuage is not given by Cotgrave . F. C. BIRKBECK TERRY . Cardiff . G. LEVESON GOWER . [ MR . HARRY ...
... doubt that this word is con- nected with room , A.-S. rúm , space . I do not at all see why we should derive the word from Fr. remuer ; remuage is not given by Cotgrave . F. C. BIRKBECK TERRY . Cardiff . G. LEVESON GOWER . [ MR . HARRY ...
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... doubt if it would be commonly said . In Italian , " L'anima beata di mia madre , " & c . , is sometimes said , but " Mia povera madre , " is the prevailing idiom . The mode of alluding to a defunct Pope has a peculiar form ; it is ...
... doubt if it would be commonly said . In Italian , " L'anima beata di mia madre , " & c . , is sometimes said , but " Mia povera madre , " is the prevailing idiom . The mode of alluding to a defunct Pope has a peculiar form ; it is ...
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... doubt that the resemblance between the word poivre and the first two syllables of Peverell was sufficiently great to make a pepper- garb a satisfactory rebus on the name of that family . Is the charge borne by any other ? EDMUND M ...
... doubt that the resemblance between the word poivre and the first two syllables of Peverell was sufficiently great to make a pepper- garb a satisfactory rebus on the name of that family . Is the charge borne by any other ? EDMUND M ...
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... doubt it is true an analogous case will be found to prevail among Hindoos , whether Mohammedan , Brahmin , or Buddhist , just as the Maori king and his chiefs , now in London , can doubtless give a similar reason for their peculiar form ...
... doubt it is true an analogous case will be found to prevail among Hindoos , whether Mohammedan , Brahmin , or Buddhist , just as the Maori king and his chiefs , now in London , can doubtless give a similar reason for their peculiar form ...
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