Americanisms: The English of the New WorldC. Scribner, 1872 - 687 страница |
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... imposed upon them their own favorite words . Their names are so musical and full of meaning , and ours so harsh and commonplace , that we should have been the gainers by the exchange . There is music even in THE INDIAN.
... imposed upon them their own favorite words . Their names are so musical and full of meaning , and ours so harsh and commonplace , that we should have been the gainers by the exchange . There is music even in THE INDIAN.
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... favorite god , the god of the Southwest , who sends the soft southwest winds , and to whom they go after death . Daniel Webster said that the early settlers gave that name to the season because they ascribed its peculiar features , the ...
... favorite god , the god of the Southwest , who sends the soft southwest winds , and to whom they go after death . Daniel Webster said that the early settlers gave that name to the season because they ascribed its peculiar features , the ...
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... favorite in the South , and was long used to designate a person of consequence among the Red men , although already the Swedish - Indian Dictionary of 1696 calls the chief Saccheeman . This term Sachem and the equally familiar Sagamore ...
... favorite in the South , and was long used to designate a person of consequence among the Red men , although already the Swedish - Indian Dictionary of 1696 calls the chief Saccheeman . This term Sachem and the equally familiar Sagamore ...
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... favorite with Cooper and many poets , which probably never was seriously used by an Indian in his own tongue , but makes quite a pretty appearance in such lines as these : " The brave Tecumseh's words are good : One league 32 AMERICANISMS .
... favorite with Cooper and many poets , which probably never was seriously used by an Indian in his own tongue , but makes quite a pretty appearance in such lines as these : " The brave Tecumseh's words are good : One league 32 AMERICANISMS .
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... favorite game of the early settlers is thus described by Kercheval : " The tomahawk , with its handle of a certain length , will make a given number of turns at a given distance ; at five steps it will strike with the edge , handle ...
... favorite game of the early settlers is thus described by Kercheval : " The tomahawk , with its handle of a certain length , will make a given number of turns at a given distance ; at five steps it will strike with the edge , handle ...
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already American animal appears applied beautiful become Biglow Papers called cant Captain John Smith Charcoal Sketches church common corruption denotes derived designate dialect Dutch early England especially expression F. B. Harte familiar famous favorite fish French frequently German given Grose heard hence horses hunters Indian name J. C. Neal J. R. Lowell kind known ladies land language large numbers late Civil latter Louis Democrat manner meaning N. P. Willis negroes North noun old English once origin Overland Monthly peculiar Pennsylvania perhaps persons plant political popular prairies probably pronounced Putnam's Magazine quoted recent resemblance river S. S. Haldeman Sam Slick says sense settlers slang Slang Dictionary slang phrase slang term sound South South Carolina Southern Southern Literary Messenger Spanish speak speech tion tree Union United verb Virginia West Western wood word writers Yankee York Tribune young
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