Notes and Queries, 111. köideOxford University Press, 1905 |
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... SKEAT . KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR . ( See 5th S. v . 209 , 252 ) -A paragraph from Australia , which has been copied into The British Australasian , alludes to the succession to an English baronetcy of a Hobart cabman , and adds that " the ...
... SKEAT . KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR . ( See 5th S. v . 209 , 252 ) -A paragraph from Australia , which has been copied into The British Australasian , alludes to the succession to an English baronetcy of a Hobart cabman , and adds that " the ...
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... SKEAT . The wassail song , of which MR . ADDY quotes a very corrupt version from Sheffield , is well known in many parts of the country , and is published , with music , as No. 37 of Novello's ' Christmas Carols , price 1d . In the ...
... SKEAT . The wassail song , of which MR . ADDY quotes a very corrupt version from Sheffield , is well known in many parts of the country , and is published , with music , as No. 37 of Novello's ' Christmas Carols , price 1d . In the ...
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... SKEAT . BANANAS ( 10th S. ii . 409 , 476 ) . -In El Gráfico of Madrid , Número 187 , for 17 de Diciembre de 1904 , MR . J. PLATT will see a confirmation of MR . JAGGARD'S opinion as to the superiority of the bananas grown in Las ...
... SKEAT . BANANAS ( 10th S. ii . 409 , 476 ) . -In El Gráfico of Madrid , Número 187 , for 17 de Diciembre de 1904 , MR . J. PLATT will see a confirmation of MR . JAGGARD'S opinion as to the superiority of the bananas grown in Las ...
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... SKEAT to give us his opinion upon . A. S. ELLIS . Westminster . It is quite certain that the O. French espec has nothing to do with spicer , but is a totally different word , and means a speight , i.e. , a woodpecker . Godefroy's ' O.F. ...
... SKEAT to give us his opinion upon . A. S. ELLIS . Westminster . It is quite certain that the O. French espec has nothing to do with spicer , but is a totally different word , and means a speight , i.e. , a woodpecker . Godefroy's ' O.F. ...
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... SKEAT rightly raises his voice against ascendant and descendant ; in this he rebels against former usage and authority ; but he falls away over the word attendant , because he has found attendaunce in Chaucer ; in this he becomes again ...
... SKEAT rightly raises his voice against ascendant and descendant ; in this he rebels against former usage and authority ; but he falls away over the word attendant , because he has found attendaunce in Chaucer ; in this he becomes again ...
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