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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Prospective at Three O'Clock (sorry about so much work, will end
very soon)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:46:14 -0500 (EST)
Prospective at Three O'Clock from A New Dictionary in French and English, Containing all the French Words now in Use, with their Different Acceptations Properly Explained in English According to the Genuine Spirit of Both Languages, by Henry Fox, London, 1769 prospective glass, telescope; multiplying-glass; merry-thought; seat (of a close-stool); crystal case (of a watch); lunette at three o'clock; the clock has struck two; time; it is time to retire; the critical minute; prayer-book; early; sooner; every hour punishment; retaliation; a pains-taking man; pains, trouble; reluctance; uneasiness; I can hardly believe it; it's worth while; hardly, scarce; with much ado finger; toe; finger's breadth; digit; a little win; to see clearly; to be very near; to point at; to have a thing at one's fingers ends; to be handy or dextrous; on the bring of ruin or destruction; give me a rap over the knuckles; hand and glove; to be going very fast; to have one foot in the grave devil; a good-natured fellow; a mischievous dog; he is good-natured enough; a mess for the devil; that is not worth a damn or a fig; it is the devil to pay; devilishly learned; he is in a dreadful rage; he rages like a fury; he has mauled him in a hellish manner; there is no great conjura- tion required to do that; he is not as bad as he seems little; short; small; young; petty king; shallow wit; with a slow fire; common people; grandson; small-pox; by degrees, by little and little to draw again; to draw; to draw out; to take from or out; to call back one's word; to reap; to get; to draw; to get again; to harbour; to take into one's house; to redeem; to retire; to forsake; to come or to go home; to retreat; to take shelter; to shrink; to fall; God withdraws his graces horror; dread; detestation; abhorrence; enormity; to be detested by; fright; frightful thing image; idol; phantom; ghost; vain shadow be that closes the file woman; wife; feme covert; waiting woman; house-keeper; women must have their will disposition; disposal; to be inclined to study; to be well or ill-affected towards one; to be well or ill http://www.alansondheim.org/virga1.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/virga2.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/virga3.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/ auroras jpgs
