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A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc. / Various
in, 342. ---- inscribed alms dish, 87. 117. 135. ---- motto, 93. ---- MS. account of Britain, 174 ... Bacon, 489. Arun on autograph mottoes of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and Harry, Duke of Buckingham details...- creator(s) - Various
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- subject(s) - gray's elegy; burnet; rev; vox; etymology; epigram; erasmus; elegy; bishop; motto; duke; luther; pope; latin; statistics; anglo; ballad; robert; john; query; richard; treatise; queries; poems; ireland; roger; lord; edward; ancient; scotland; henry; willia; gray's elegy; etymology; duke; vox; statistics; latin; ireland; roger; ballad; john; queries; motto; lord; scotland; anglo; epigram; rev; henry; elegy; edward; burnet; richard; luther; willia; query; ancient; poems; erasmus; bishop; treatise; robert; pope;
- title - A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.
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The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle / Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931
out of the Bible for a business motto, I'll give the wheel to the boy who makes the best choice. You can select ... , so you must apply that motto to your own business faithfully for two months, and the excellence of the motto details...- creator(s) - Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931
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- subject(s) - chicky; todd; quilt; johnny; jack built; little colonel; wheel; little colonel; todd; chicky; quilt; jack built; wheel; johnny;
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The White Linen Nurse / Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, 1872-1958
I'll do it!" Expeditiously as she spoke the newcomer reached up for the framed motto over her own ample ... !_ glinted the motto through its sun-dazzled glass. Still panting with excitement, still bristling details...- creator(s) - Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, 1872-1958
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- subject(s) - senior surgeon; linen nurse; senior; white linen; surgeon; malgregor; linen; rae malgregor; senior surgeon's; nurse; miss malgregor; zillah forsyth; linen nurse's; helene churchill; crippled girl; little crippled; rae malgregor's; white; zillah forsyth; white linen; white; miss malgregor; surgeon; senior surgeon's; linen nurse; crippled girl; rae malgregor's; malgregor; nurse; little crippled; helene churchill; senior; linen nurse's; linen; senior surgeon; rae malgregor;
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The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science / Anonymous
containing the motto: it is usually placed beneath the shield and supporters; see the word MOTTO ... side a stag ducally gorged and chained, on the sinister side a griffin gorged and chained; motto details...- creator(s) - Anonymous
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- subject(s) - argent; gules; heraldry; escutcheon; fess; shield; azure; sinister; dexter; knights; fess point; dexter side; price; bend; lion; lion rampant; bend sinister; annexed example; gilt edges; paternoster row; sinister side; different tincture; arms; cloth gilt; escutcheon; dexter; lion; sinister side; paternoster row; arms; fess; knights; gilt edges; fess point; lion rampant; price; azure; bend sinister; heraldry; sinister; shield; annexed example; gules; dexter side; different tincture; cloth gilt; argent; bend;
- title - The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science
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Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850 / Various
. _Sapcote Motto_ (Vol. i., pp. 366. and 476.).--Taking for granted that solutions of the "Sapcote Motto ... translation of T.C. (Vol. i, p. 476.). The motto stands thus:-- "sco toot x vinic [or umic] x poncs details...- creator(s) - Various
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- subject(s) - ret; pop; ret; pop;
- title - Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850
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Big and Little Sisters / Jenness, Theodora R.
when I am scrubbing, and their shoes are big and muddy. Ugh! big tracks they make! But I have learned the motto ... at the motto, while the dormitory girls flocked by, and when the hall was quiet she repeated it in the peculiar details...- creator(s) - Jenness, Theodora R.
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- subject(s) - cordelia; cordelia running; hannah straight; hannah; susie; dolly; dormitory; dormitory girls; shoes; straight tree; running bird; jack frost; indian; bird; straight; girls; brown shoes; dress; stockings; tree; school; girl; susie; tree; girl; brown shoes; dormitory girls; bird; indian; jack frost; straight tree; straight; school; girls; hannah; cordelia; cordelia running; dolly; dormitory; hannah straight; running bird; shoes; stockings; dress;
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Gritli's Children / Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901
on Emma. Fani was to be the bearer. To-day the motto must be selected for it, and at the close of school ... announced that he had found a pretty couplet, suitable to the occasion, which he proposed as a motto details...- creator(s) - Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901
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- subject(s) - elsli; fani; stanhope; emma; feklitus; oscar; clarissa; nora; fred; aunty; stein; aunt clarissa; aunt; oscar; aunt; clarissa; emma; feklitus; stein; aunt clarissa; fani; fred; nora; elsli; aunty; stanhope;
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The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware / Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931
, but she had to quote the motto to show how triumphantly it had worked out in their case and what a grand turn fortune ... the motto carved on the dial's face: "I only mark the hours that shine." "The very words that Betty details...- creator(s) - Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931
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- subject(s) - joyce; mary; betty; phil; warwick hall; jack; madam chartley; warwick hall; phil; jack; madam chartley; joyce; betty; mary;
- title - The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
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Her Own Way A Play in Four Acts / Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909
down from the table._ COAST. And here's my contribution to the party. [_Brings out six big German mottoes from his pocket, and goes to table with them._ GEORGIANA. [_In pretended excitement._] What? Mottoes ... details...- creator(s) - Fitch, Clyde, 1865-1909
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- subject(s) - georgiana; carley; steven; louise; dick; bella; coast; miss georgiana; aunt georgiana; dick coleman; ice cream; miss georgiana; carley; aunt georgiana; coast; georgiana; louise; bella; ice cream; dick; steven; dick coleman;
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The Cask Of Amontillado / Poe, Edgar Allen
rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel." "And the motto?" "Nemo me impune lacessit." "Good ... details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - amontillado; fortunato; ugh; luchresi; nitre; catacombs; crypt; tier; niche; vaults; recess; bones; wine; bells; replied; american literature; fortunato; niche; amontillado; luchresi; bells; recess; tier; wine; catacombs; nitre; bones; ugh; crypt; replied; vaults; american literature;
- title - The Cask Of Amontillado
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