With the advance of the eighteenth-century notices of the. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference
Are the favourite poets of the eighteenth-century classics?. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
The tablet ran in eighteenth-century Dutch, about like this. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
According to one early eighteenth-century history of Virginia, the. From Wordnik.com. [Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699] Reference
Before quitting with Vancouver and eighteenth-century history of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
Father and son cut homely figures on the stage of eighteenth-century. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
In that great diurnal of the eighteenth-century navy, the Captains '. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
To the average eighteenth-century reader Homer was entirely acceptable. From Wordnik.com. [Early Theories of Translation] Reference
The eighteenth-century Revolution in France was an advance on the English. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
The eighteenth-century costume was particularly adapted to this pretty work. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
It is not, as you might assume, a costume novel of eighteenth-century tushery. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914] Reference
Make a list of the eighteenth-century customs and manners referred to in these papers. From Wordnik.com. [Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the Requirements for Admission to College] Reference
The most noted of the eighteenth-century philosophers saw nothing but evil in tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
This eighteenth-century Colonial narrative gives a vivid description of Roger's Rangers. From Wordnik.com. [A Mother's List of Books for Children] Reference
It is not only a historical portrait, but a picture of eighteenth-century colonial life in. From Wordnik.com. [A Mother's List of Books for Children] Reference
In this eighteenth-century Dunkirk, the West Branch Valley was practically cleared of settlers. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
It is not a little singular to notice the enthusiasm with which this eighteenth-century change was greeted. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
This Tagalog Märchen appears to be closely related to an eighteenth-century Spanish ballad by Alonso de Morales. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
French, and never quite caught the spirit of the eighteenth-century life whose attractive forms she loved so well. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
His couplets are almost all characteristic of eighteenth-century couplets, which seem to seek perfection within themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Haymarket boards, that Fielding is again clearly seen, 'laying about' him, in those clamourous eighteenth-century politics. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Fielding: a Memoir] Reference
Nevertheless, I would agree that some eighteenth-century writers saw claims of common-law right beneath the assertion of some. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
Above it, let into the panelling, was an eighteenth-century painting of the Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo, browned by time. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
The bodices, sacques, and skirts of the early eighteenth-century ladies were embroidered with real artistic taste and feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Professor Mossoff 's central point -- that the word "privilege" was not understood by eighteenth-century audiences as the antonym of. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
Moreover, Dickens often follows the eighteenth-century picaresque habit of tracing the histories of his heroes from birth to marriage. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Literature] Reference
Once, however, he shocked me badly, when, in perusing an eighteenth-century MS., he -- I can hardly bring myself to quote the passage!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 4, 1917] Reference
Boisemont is another tiny village, with an eighteenth-century château which would form an idyllic retreat from the cares of city ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
There was, in fact, a wide range of sources from which an eighteenth-century lawyer could derive a state obligation to grant a privilege. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
His ear was often jarred by the freedom of Shakespeare's verse, and he did his best to make it "regular" by eighteenth-century standards. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts About Shakespeare] Reference
The list of offences at Louvain are much the same as elsewhere, but an eighteenth-century code of statutes specially prohibits bathing and skating. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
Much of the material was lost beyond repair, much buried in voluminous folios and State papers, much obscured by the cant and prejudice of eighteenth-century authors. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Professor Mossoff is also correct to point out that a "legal privilege" did sometimes mean to an eighteenth-century reader something that the state was duty-bound to grant. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
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