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A L'abri: Or The Tent Pitch'd - Page 137
by Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1839 - 172 pages
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A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools

William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 pages
...in the sense of partly, or in part; as, "What with 'wooding' at two or three places, and rohafwitCL the excitement of the day, we were too fatigued to...note of admiration to the beauty of the scene."— Willis. REM. 15. — A pronoun is frequently employed to represent a sentence or phrase ; as, " Josephus...
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A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools

William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 258 pages
...adverbially, in tho sense of partly, or in part ; as, " What with 'wooding' at two or three places, and what with the excitement of the day, we were too...passing note of admiration to the beauty of the scene." — Willis. REM. 15. — A pronoun is frequently employed to represent a sentence or phrase ; as, "...
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Rural Letters and Other Records of Thought at Leisure: Written in the ...

Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1849 - 392 pages
...exertion, dug a canal for his ark, launched her on the slime, and, by risking the night-running, passed him unobserved, and gained a day — a feat as illustrative...blessed invention of sleep." We had been detained at the wooding-places, and had made no calculation to lie by, a night. There were no beds on board, and...
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Rural Letters and Other Records of Thought at Leisure: Written in the ...

Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 398 pages
...exertion, dug a canal for his ark, launched her on the slime, and, by risking the night-running, passed him unobserved, and gained a day — a feat as illustrative...note of admiration to the beauty of the scene, and th« next question was, how to come by Sancho's " blessed invention of sleep." We had been detained...
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Rural Letters and Other Records of Thought at Leisure: Written in the ...

Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 396 pages
...the men over their evening carouse, came to us along the smooth water with the effect of far butter music. What with " wooding" at two or three places,...fatigued to give more than a glance and a passing note of admiralion to the beauty of the scene, and the next question was, how to come by Sancho's " blessed...
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Live and learn: a guide for all who wish to speak and write correctly

Live - 1855 - 168 pages
...adverbially, in the sense of partly, or in part: as, " What with ' wooding' at two or three places, and what with the excitement of the day, we were too...passing note of admiration to the beauty of the scene." 24. Eelatives should be so placed as to prevent all ambiguity in regard to the words, which they are...
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Over 1000 Mistakes Corrected: Live and Learn: a Guide for All, who Wish to ...

1856 - 366 pages
...adverbially, in the sense of partly, or in part : as, " What with ' wooding' at two or three places, and what with the excitement of the day, we were too...passing note of admiration to the beauty of the scene." 24. Eelatives should be so placed as to prevent all ambiguity in regard to the words which they are...
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Live and Learn: A Guide for All who Wish to Speak and Write Correctly ...

1853 - 236 pages
...adverbially, in the sense of partly, or in part : as, " What with ' wooding ' at two or three places, and what with the excitement of the day, we were too...passing note of admiration to the beauty of the scene." 24. Relatives should be so placed as to prevent all ambiguity in regard to the words which they are...
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A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools

William Harvey Wells - 1866 - 232 pages
...adverbially, in the sense of partly, or in part ; as, " What with 'wooding' at two or three places, ani what with the excitement of the day, we were too fatigued...passing note of admiration to the beauty of the scene." - WiUis. REM. 15. — A pronoun is frequently employed to represent a sentence or phrase ; as, " Josephun...
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