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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Balfour, Right Hon. Arthur James
P.C., LL.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1848) Statesman and philosophic writer. A Defence of Philosophic Dou...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bryce, Right Hon. James
P.C., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1838) Historical and political writer, etc. The Holy Roman Empire (1862), T...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Gasquet, Right Rev. Francis Aidan
D.D. (b. 1846) Historical writer. Henry VIII. and the English Monasteries (1888-89), Edward VI. an...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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miner's right
n. the licence to dig for gold.See quotation. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `The Miner's Right,' p. 1: «...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to blaze away
To keep up a discharge of fire-arms. A good English phrase. The hunter (of the west) attacks the ol...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to fire away
To begin; to go on. An expression borrowed from the language of soldiers and sailors. A well-known ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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right-of-way
n. a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris