The Boke Named The Gouernour, Volume 2Kegan Paul, Trench, 1883 - Education of princes |
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... French butin , and we have already seen how fond the author was of introducing French words , ex . gr . esbatement , semblable , & c . ; though it is indisputable that a know- ledge of French was at this time by no means uncommon , it ...
... French butin , and we have already seen how fond the author was of introducing French words , ex . gr . esbatement , semblable , & c . ; though it is indisputable that a know- ledge of French was at this time by no means uncommon , it ...
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... French equivalent bordel ( mod . bordeau ) from the English . ' Le mot de Bordet , pour designer un lieu infame , lupanar , vient de ce qu'ordinairement les garces , et autres gens de cette farine , habitoient les petites maisons , qu ...
... French equivalent bordel ( mod . bordeau ) from the English . ' Le mot de Bordet , pour designer un lieu infame , lupanar , vient de ce qu'ordinairement les garces , et autres gens de cette farine , habitoient les petites maisons , qu ...
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... French officer , to the wars . The latter was soon afterwards killed at the battle of Castella , in Valencia , when his comrades endeavoured to carry the dog with them in their retreat ; but the faithful animal refused to leave the ...
... French officer , to the wars . The latter was soon afterwards killed at the battle of Castella , in Valencia , when his comrades endeavoured to carry the dog with them in their retreat ; but the faithful animal refused to leave the ...
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... French word souillon . M. Lacombe in his Dictionnaire du vieux langage François mentions the word sculier , which he explains as officier qui a soin de la vaisselle et des plats . ' The word is used by Shakspeare in Hamlet- ' And fall a ...
... French word souillon . M. Lacombe in his Dictionnaire du vieux langage François mentions the word sculier , which he explains as officier qui a soin de la vaisselle et des plats . ' The word is used by Shakspeare in Hamlet- ' And fall a ...
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... French proverb , the force of which was no doubt fully realised in the sixteenth century . ' Gourmandise tue plus de gens qu ' espée en guerre trenchant . ' Stubbes , whose language , as we have already seen , was anything but refined ...
... French proverb , the force of which was no doubt fully realised in the sixteenth century . ' Gourmandise tue plus de gens qu ' espée en guerre trenchant . ' Stubbes , whose language , as we have already seen , was anything but refined ...
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