Pie was served; then, I remember, with long intervals between, during which we drank home-made liquors, they gave us a stew of pigeons, some dish of giblets, roast sucking-pig, partridges, cauliflower, curd dumplings, curd cheese and milk, jelly, and finally pancakes and jam. — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Cary Dillon Colonel Cary
After that I went and bespoke some linen of Betty Lane in the Hall, and after that to the Trumpet, where I sat and talked with her, &c. At night, it being very rainy, and it thundering and lightning exceedingly, I took coach at the Trumpet door, taking Monsieur L’Impertinent along with me as far as the Savoy, where he said he went to lie with Cary Dillon, [Colonel Cary Dillon, a friend of the Butlers, who courted the fair Frances; but the engagement was subsequently broken off, see December 31 st, 1661. — from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
Only N. or Ac.: cubital , elbow-cushion ; minūtal , minced-fish ; capital , capitālia , death , capital crime . -il , -ilis vigil , wide-awake , adjective, Ab. -ī , as substantive -e ( 561 ), G. Pl. vigilum ( 563 ), no Ne. — from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
class division category categorema
— N. class, division, category, categorema[obs3], head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain. — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
crēvī decided certus crētus
With the present stem in -n o | e- ( 833 ). cernō , sift , separate , see cernere crēvī , decided certus , -crētus linō , besmear linere lēvī , rarely līvī litus In the present system some forms in -īre are used by late writers. — from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
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common disturber commonly called
Middlesex (to wit) To all Constables, Head boroughs, Tithing Men, and other Officers of the County of Middlesex, and to every of whom it may concern , Whereas a certain ill disposed Vagrant, and common disturber, commonly called, or known by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte , alias Jaffa Bonaparte, alias Opium Bonaparte, alias 211 Whitworth Bonaparte, alias Acre Bonaparte, still continues to go about swindling and defrauding divers Countries, Cities, Towns, and Villages, under divers, various, and many false and wicked pretences, out of their Rights, Comforts, Conveniences, and Cash; And whereas the said Napoleon Bonaparte , alias Jaffa Bonaparte, alias Opium Bonaparte, alias Whitworth Bonaparte, alias Acre Bonaparte, hath been guilty of divers Outrages, Rapes, and Murders, at Jaffa , Rosetta , and elsewhere; And whereas It is strongly suspected that the said Napoleon Bonaparte , alias Jaffa Bonaparte, alias Opium Bonaparte, alias Whitworth Bonaparte, alias Acre Bonaparte, hath in contemplation at the Day of the Date of these presents, to land in some, (but in what, part is not yet known) of Great Britain or Ireland: We do hereby will and require, that in case the said Napoleon Bonaparte , alias Jaffa Bonaparte, alias Opium Bonaparte, alias Whitworth Bonaparte, alias Acre Bonaparte, shall be found to lurk , and wander up and down your Bailiwick, that you bring before us the body of the said Napoleon Bonaparte , alias Jaffa Bonaparte, alias Opium Bonaparte, alias Whitworth Bonaparte, alias Acre Bonaparte, on or before the Morrow 78 of All Souls, that he may be forthwith sent to our Jail for Wild Beasts , situate, standing, and being, over Exeter ‘Change in the Strand, without Bail or Mainprize ; and that he be there placed in a certain Iron Cage, with the Ouran Outang, or some other ferocious and voracious animal like himself, for the purpose of being tamed, or until a warrant shall issue to our beloved subject Jack Ketch , to deal with him according to Law and the Virtue of his Office; and this in no-wise omit at your peril. — from English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2) by John Ashton
Captain De Crespigny carried
" Agnes looked down with an interesting blush, and Marion looked up with a start of astonishment, at the hardened intrepidity of manner in which Captain De Crespigny carried on his double game, adapting his tone equally to suit either or both of his companions; and it was with a sensation of extreme relief that she saw him at last rise to take leave, looking most charmingly distressed; but he had glanced at his watch, "never being able to measure time at St. John's Lodge," and an unlucky engagement obliged him to depart. — from Modern Flirtations: A Novel by Catherine Sinclair
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