From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 64
Page 63
THE Royal Dublin Society , which is still , as it was in the eighteenth century , the most important sign of public spirit in Ireland , ' * celebrates this year its bicentenary . The event is of interest , not only to students of Irish ...
THE Royal Dublin Society , which is still , as it was in the eighteenth century , the most important sign of public spirit in Ireland , ' * celebrates this year its bicentenary . The event is of interest , not only to students of Irish ...
Page 350
Chaucer had it to signify simply to take ; in the eighteenth century the verb denoted securing , ' fixing ' an offer ; Vaux in 1819 records it , ' to nail is to rob or steal ' ; in this last sense the word is either low slang or thieves ...
Chaucer had it to signify simply to take ; in the eighteenth century the verb denoted securing , ' fixing ' an offer ; Vaux in 1819 records it , ' to nail is to rob or steal ' ; in this last sense the word is either low slang or thieves ...
Page 352
Brown Tommy is apparently a late eighteenth - century variation on Brown George , and it soon became alternatively Tommy Brown , then it shortened to Tommy , thence tommy ; as early as 1783 , according to Cobbett , tommy signified brown ...
Brown Tommy is apparently a late eighteenth - century variation on Brown George , and it soon became alternatively Tommy Brown , then it shortened to Tommy , thence tommy ; as early as 1783 , according to Cobbett , tommy signified brown ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
ART PAGE 1 The Freedom of England | 1 |
Christopher Marlowe the | 2 |
The Music of Life | 3 |
66 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appear Army Ascham Austria authority believe British called Cambridge carried cause century Church College common Council course court doubt England English evidence existence experience fact farming feet forces French German give given Government hand head House important increased industry interest Ireland Island Italy King land later least less letters living Lord Mandate matter means methods natural never officers once original Oxford perhaps perjury political position possible practical present probably Queen question reason received record regarded reports respect seems seen side Socialism Society St Kilda success suggested things thought took true University whole witness writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 256 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1931 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |