Notices to Correspondents Consisting of Several Thousand Editorial Answers, Selected from the Best Authorities, Supplying a Fund of Information which Cannot be Obtained from Any Other Source. The 12th ThousandRobert Kemp Philp Houlston & Wright, 1869 - 320 pages |
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12 Vict Act of Parliament Agapemone amount answer Answer.-The Answer.-We apply apprentice bank Bank of England bound called charge child Chronicle church churchwardens claim compelled consequently conviction debt Duke duty England entitled Family Tutor father feet Field Gardeners give Henry VIII Home Companion horse husband indenture justices King Lady's land landlord larvæ latter liable to pay license London Journal Lord magistrates marriage married master ment miles months Notes and Queries notice nuisances removal obtained offence opinion is requested ORIGIN owner paid panion parish party pawnbroker payment Peace penalty person poor-rate possession premises purpose Queen Queen's Plate Queries receipt received refuse rent residence Royal Scotland sell servant society sold stamp statute SUBSCRIBER summons Sunday tenant term tion vestry vote wages Weekly Dispatch weight wife word
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Page 92 - The General did so, and the Governor was successful in supplying many of the wants of the army. When difficulties afterwards arose, and the army was spread over the country, it became a by-word, ' We must consult Brother Jonathan.
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Page 34 - ... northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west come in the Summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north; and from a word, whiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the whiggamors, and shorter the whiggs.
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