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Page 26
... doubt ( though from my want of any exact knowledge of philology , I merely surmise ) that " cull " = to pick out , and " valley , " = a place walled in or surrounded , and wheel ( Sax . hpeol ) are also derived from the same root . A ...
... doubt ( though from my want of any exact knowledge of philology , I merely surmise ) that " cull " = to pick out , and " valley , " = a place walled in or surrounded , and wheel ( Sax . hpeol ) are also derived from the same root . A ...
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... doubt that these Chronicles of Old London will find favour in the sight of many readers to whom , but for the editor's useful labour , they must have remained sealed books . A Tour in Tartan Land . By Cuthbert Bede . ( Bentley ) . Those ...
... doubt that these Chronicles of Old London will find favour in the sight of many readers to whom , but for the editor's useful labour , they must have remained sealed books . A Tour in Tartan Land . By Cuthbert Bede . ( Bentley ) . Those ...
Page 51
... doubt contains the true source of the word ; and I have found it to be satisfactory to many who are used to the study of etymology and the changes of language . I shall first enu- merate the attempts which have been made . Re- member ...
... doubt contains the true source of the word ; and I have found it to be satisfactory to many who are used to the study of etymology and the changes of language . I shall first enu- merate the attempts which have been made . Re- member ...
Page 52
... doubt about the author . This is the book so highly spoken of by Dr. Bur- ney in his History of Music , vol . iii . 413 ; and not Tintinnalogia , by J. White ( published without date ) , as was formerly supposed . It is the earliest ...
... doubt about the author . This is the book so highly spoken of by Dr. Bur- ney in his History of Music , vol . iii . 413 ; and not Tintinnalogia , by J. White ( published without date ) , as was formerly supposed . It is the earliest ...
Page 56
... doubt that " Musky H- " is intended for Admiral Hawke . From what I have read about him ( I forgot where ) , my impression is that he had the reputation of a " fine gentleman . " Hawke , in 1758 , was " under a cloud , " on ac- count of ...
... doubt that " Musky H- " is intended for Admiral Hawke . From what I have read about him ( I forgot where ) , my impression is that he had the reputation of a " fine gentleman . " Hawke , in 1758 , was " under a cloud , " on ac- count of ...
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