Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volumes 296-297F. Jefferies, 1967 - Early English newspapers |
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Page 370
... expression is to philander , which means to make love or coquet with a woman , without any " intentions , " as the phrase is . Thackeray in " Esmond " says , " " Tis no question of sighing and philandering between a nobleman of his ...
... expression is to philander , which means to make love or coquet with a woman , without any " intentions , " as the phrase is . Thackeray in " Esmond " says , " " Tis no question of sighing and philandering between a nobleman of his ...
Page 461
... expression in the Sermon on the Mount , " If he ask a fish will he give him a serpent ? " corresponds to an earlier Greek expression , " A scorpion for a perch . " The same antecedent origin may be shown for such excellent proverbs as ...
... expression in the Sermon on the Mount , " If he ask a fish will he give him a serpent ? " corresponds to an earlier Greek expression , " A scorpion for a perch . " The same antecedent origin may be shown for such excellent proverbs as ...
Page 524
... expression than I had imagined . " " Damn their dramatic expression ; it'll cost me a pretty penny ! " " Shall I tell you how you could square Leigh , and he seems to be one of the bigwigs amongst those chaps ? " " Well ? " said Mr ...
... expression than I had imagined . " " Damn their dramatic expression ; it'll cost me a pretty penny ! " " Shall I tell you how you could square Leigh , and he seems to be one of the bigwigs amongst those chaps ? " " Well ? " said Mr ...
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