10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALTRILY»
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paltrily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Cotton telegraph code [by H.R. Meyer].
For the week. For the correspondFor first four ing week last year. days. 1
thousand ... oxytone palpitation paragon 2 do oyster palsy paragram 3 do
pabulum paltrily paragraph . 4 do. pacha pamper parallax 5 do padded pamphlet
parallel G do ...
... manner in which he behaves to his servants, and the rate of wages he gives to
them ; for whatever truth there may be in the old saying " Base is the slave that
pays," there is something still baser in the conduct of the slave who pays paltrily.
... is something still baser in the conduct of the slave who pays paltrily. Now we
are great friends to economy, but we like it to be of the right sort ; and we have a
thorough contempt for that kind of economy which developes itself in pinching the
...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1849
... and so paltrily was it appreciated, even when its worth became known!
Between the publication of this poem, and the commencement ' of the RAmbler
— an interval of twelve years — Johnson appeared repeatedly before the world
in works ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer, 1823
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The British essayists; with prefaces by L.T. Berguer
So difficultly could genius recommend itself to dulness, and so paltrily was it
appreciated, even when its worth became known! Between the publication of this
poem, and the commencement of the Rambler — an interval of twelve years ...
British essayists, Lionel Thomas Berguer, 1823
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A Dictionary Of The English Language: In Which The Words are ...
Plcablyi Paltrily. Acant vidlrdiweanln repmachshuy' des. Sua'aamess '1 s . . . [from
shabbyj Meanness* altriness. yoge exchanged his gay shabbiness of cloathshi)
for a much oldesgszemanx to warm ones that would be decent for a much t l I . I ...
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A new Dictionary of the English Language. ... To which is ...
[fromshabbju] Meanly; reproachfolly; cespicably; paltrily. x r r; sHA'BBHlEsSr-
SHAB'Bsl-NESS. m/I [from sie-3551.] Meanness; paltriness. [I I SHn'naY-Sn/ta-nir.
azfj. [A word that has crept into conversation and low writing; but ought not to be ...
William KENRICK (LL.D.), 1773
8
A Select Collection of Old English Plays
That.] [390] [Dance.] [391] [Then.] [392] [Paltrily.] [393] A term of contempt for a
woman. The hostess has entered the kitchen of the inn in the cook's absence,
and finds matters not quite satisfactory. [394] Old copy adds, and Dandelyne; but
it is ...
9
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... private for evermore ; and are seen wiping away, at tea- parties, the tears of
contrition and repentance for capital crimes perpetrated but on paper, and
perpetrated thereon so paltrily, that so far from being worthy of hell-fire, such
delinquents, ...
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The British Essayists: Rambler
... and so paltrily was it appreciated, even when its worth became known!
Between the publication of this poem, and the commencement of the Rambler —
an interval of twelve years— Johnson appeared repeatedly before the world in
works of ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer, 1823
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALTRILY»
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Hugh: This paltrily patriotic party dress is to 1997's flag-flier what Jessie J is to Freddie Mercury. The boots. Gemma: Stop, right now, thank you ... «The Independent, Aug 12»
