The North American Review, Volume 55Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1842 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 80
... Gypsy words have been adopted into the robber dialect , and the two jargons are often used for the same purpose ; but this appears to be the extent of the connexion between them . Slang is eminently metaphorical in its character , most ...
... Gypsy words have been adopted into the robber dialect , and the two jargons are often used for the same purpose ; but this appears to be the extent of the connexion between them . Slang is eminently metaphorical in its character , most ...
Page 86
... Gypsy race in the heart of Russia . Whatever crimes they may commit , their vices are few , for the men are not drunkards , nor are the women harlots ; there are no two characters which they hold in so much abhor- rence , nor do any ...
... Gypsy race in the heart of Russia . Whatever crimes they may commit , their vices are few , for the men are not drunkards , nor are the women harlots ; there are no two characters which they hold in so much abhor- rence , nor do any ...
Page 91
... Gypsy of his ac- quaintance at Cordova , which was the occasion of his re- ceiving the following epistle from another brother of the tribe . We insert the letter as a specimen of Gypsy composition . " SEÑOR DON JORGE , " Cordova , 20th ...
... Gypsy of his ac- quaintance at Cordova , which was the occasion of his re- ceiving the following epistle from another brother of the tribe . We insert the letter as a specimen of Gypsy composition . " SEÑOR DON JORGE , " Cordova , 20th ...
Contents
THE ENGLISH IN AFGHANISTAN | 45 |
THE GYPSIES | 72 |
Life of Peter Van SchAACK | 97 |
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