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Page 210
... things is so pretty " ; the more usual form is " These kind of things are so pretty . " ST . SWITHIN . [ - or things ... thing as being " different to " another , or as having " differed with , " & c . Again , " Neither one or the other ...
... things is so pretty " ; the more usual form is " These kind of things are so pretty . " ST . SWITHIN . [ - or things ... thing as being " different to " another , or as having " differed with , " & c . Again , " Neither one or the other ...
Page 371
... thing dare not , " quoted from The Tempest , iii . 2 , 63 , with the remark that dare is " stronger than dares . " Dr. Abbott quotes an excellent example of the indis- criminate use of dure and dares from Beaumont and Fletcher ...
... thing dare not , " quoted from The Tempest , iii . 2 , 63 , with the remark that dare is " stronger than dares . " Dr. Abbott quotes an excellent example of the indis- criminate use of dure and dares from Beaumont and Fletcher ...
Page 508
... thing . Has this prejudice ever found previous comment in " N. & Q. " ? What is its origin ? To this day in Cheshire some of the poor will not use elder wood as firing ; but this is a well - known and old superstition . Since the ...
... thing . Has this prejudice ever found previous comment in " N. & Q. " ? What is its origin ? To this day in Cheshire some of the poor will not use elder wood as firing ; but this is a well - known and old superstition . Since the ...
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