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... given to very intimate friends to come after a party and help to finish the remains of the supper . Can any one tell its origin ? P. J. F. GANTILLON . " NOBLESSE OBLIGE . " - Where is this saying to be found ? The other day it formed ...
... given to very intimate friends to come after a party and help to finish the remains of the supper . Can any one tell its origin ? P. J. F. GANTILLON . " NOBLESSE OBLIGE . " - Where is this saying to be found ? The other day it formed ...
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... given , but not one in the sense of " thereabout . " Halliwell , under as in his Dictionary of Archaic and Pro- vincial Words ( among which in this sense he classes it ) , says , " It is frequently redundant , as ' He will come 66 as ...
... given , but not one in the sense of " thereabout . " Halliwell , under as in his Dictionary of Archaic and Pro- vincial Words ( among which in this sense he classes it ) , says , " It is frequently redundant , as ' He will come 66 as ...
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... given by Burke , nor do they appear in worth's Ordinary . The coat intended is Per pale az . and sa . , three fleurs - de - lis or , which , with the battle - axe crest , was borne by a Welsh family named Jenkins , but the county is not ...
... given by Burke , nor do they appear in worth's Ordinary . The coat intended is Per pale az . and sa . , three fleurs - de - lis or , which , with the battle - axe crest , was borne by a Welsh family named Jenkins , but the county is not ...
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... given in " N. & Q. , " but correctly , I believe , by Mr. F. K. Robinson in his preface to a Glossary of Whitby Words ( E.D.S. , Series C. , Original Glossaries , iv . pt . ii . ) : - And- " A Saturday's moon Comes once in seven years ...
... given in " N. & Q. , " but correctly , I believe , by Mr. F. K. Robinson in his preface to a Glossary of Whitby Words ( E.D.S. , Series C. , Original Glossaries , iv . pt . ii . ) : - And- " A Saturday's moon Comes once in seven years ...
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... given to medals or pieces of metal usually given in the week before Communion Sunday to intending communicants in the Scottish Kirk , and probably among other Presbyterian bodies , and delivered up on attend- ance at the sacrament ? I ...
... given to medals or pieces of metal usually given in the week before Communion Sunday to intending communicants in the Scottish Kirk , and probably among other Presbyterian bodies , and delivered up on attend- ance at the sacrament ? I ...
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