10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADAM'S WINE»
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The Children's magazine [afterw.] The Children's magazine ...
ADAM'S WINE. One afternoon, Jane and William went down to the brook to fetch
water for their mother. She was a careful tidy woman with a large family of small
children, which she was very anxious to provide for comfortably, and bring up ...
Joseph Foulkes Winks, 1846
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The Christian pioneer, ed. by J.F. Winks
ADAM'S WINE. One afternoon, Jane and William went down to the brook to fetch
water for their mother. When they arrived at the brook, they saw the pure clear
stream running gently over the clean stones and pebbles. " Why does mother call
...
Joseph Foulkes Winks, 1861
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The Sterling Book of Words & Their Usages: (a Grammar of Words)
The school master is abroad. (good education is spreading everywhere) Adam's
ale or - Pure water. They want to drink Adam's Adam's wine ale. He satisfies his
thirst with Adam's wine. Idioms/Phrases Adam's apple After all After a man's own
...
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The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions
Adam's wine companion in Eden:“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof; And the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man, made
he ...
Martin H. Manser, David Pickering, 2003
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The Temperance Spectator
Adam's wine' is an expression common enough for water, hut yet I feel sure he
does not look upon it as a sort of wine. t As A. H. R. has not referred to any of tho
texts quoted by C. B., I will notico two, and endeavour to • If fifty-one men had said
...
6
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Acts. Ja. VI. 1617, Ed. 1814, p. 529- Here we have a conge d'elire without any
disguise. ADAM'S WINE, a cant phrase for water as a beverage, our first father
being supposed to have known nothing more powerful, S. " Some take a
mutchkin of ...
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
Strike other strains, Fill high the cup with Adam's wine; Let maudlin poets rack
their brains, To praise the offspring of the vine. Hark ! rising nobly in the van, Now
answers each bold temp'rance man. Fill high the enp with Adam's wine ! We will ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1846
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
Acts. Ja. VI. 1617, Ed. 1814, p. 529- Here we have a conge ctelire without any
disguise. ADAM'S WINE, a cant phrase for water as a beverage, our first father
being supposed to have known nothing more powerful, S. " Some take a
mutchkin of ...
9
Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... committee has been appointed to deal with the examination scandal Ad
infinitum: For ever * Nothing exists ad infinitum in the world Adam's wine: Water *
Life on earth cannot exist without Adam's wine Adapt for: Make suitable for * This
book ...
10
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
Water is sometimes humorously described as Adam's ale or (especially in
Scotland) Adam's wine. Men and women also both have Adam's apples, though
the front of the thyroid cartilage is prominent only in the male throat. Why the
name?
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FOOD: Adam, Aimee and Argia's
Over the years, I have learned about several wines due to Adam's wine list and have since stocked those wines in my personal cellar. He has ... «Falls Church Times, Dec 12»
It's a matter of taste for Suffolk wine shop owner
He operated Angry Adam's Wine and Cheese Spot for a couple of years in Olde Towne, Portsmouth, until it closed in 2011. The three Cs are ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Sep 12»
