10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROOKBACKED»
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crookbacked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
crookbacked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... outward curve hunchbacked: having a bunch on the back; crookbacked
claudicant: limping; lame clubfooted: having a congenital distortion of the feet
couped: cutoff; with just the head showing cratered: having bowllike depressions
crooked: ...
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The National and Domestic History of England: With Numerous ...
"For as much as many men have been mistaken, and yet stand in great error and
controversy, holding adverse opinions, how that Edmund, earl of Lancaster,
Leicester, and Derby, the elder son of King Henry the Third, was "crookbacked," ...
William Hickman Smith Aubrey, 1867
Then Minnikin went onwards, and when he had wandered on for some time he
again met an old, old crookbacked hag, who had only one eye. Minnikin stole it
before she was aware. `Oh!oh!what has becomeofmy eye?' criedthe old hag.
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East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
Now, you must know when Shortshanks had goneagood bit alone, he met an old,
old, crookbacked hag, who had only oneeye,and Shortshanks snapped itup. “Oh!
oh!” screamed the hag,“what has becomeofmyeye?” “What will you giveme,” ...
George Webbe Dasent, 2012
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Sixteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology
Crookbacked he was, toothshaken and blear-eyed, 330 Went on three feet, and
sometime crept on four, With old lamb bones that rattled by his side, His scalp all
pilled, and he with eld forlore, His withered fist still knocking at Death's door, ...
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FAIRY BOOKS OF ANDREW LANG:
Then Minnikin went onwards, and when hehad wandered on for some time he
again met an old, old crookbacked hag, who had only one eye. Minnikin stole it
before she was aware. 'Oh! oh! what has becomeofmyeye?' cried the old hag.
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Popular Tales of the Norse
In tale No. xx., when Shortshanks meets those three old crookbacked hags who
have only one eye, which he snaps up, and gets first a sword "that puts a whole
army to flight, be it ever so great." We have the "one-eyed Odin," degenerated
into ...
A crookbacked dwarf of a man was lounging at the corner of it smoking his pipe.
Not liking his looks, I did not inquire of him where Mrs. Horlick lived, but went
down the Mews till I met witha woman, and asked her. She directedmetothe right
...
The companion of the crookbacked woman had gone a little farther forward, and
was now returning. "Well, yes, I'm looking at this rattle. Be nice for Ole's Kermit,
though I really can't afford it. But I guess maybe I'd better take it, anyway.
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Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory
My lords of Britanny, pray take the field, For crookbacked Conan ; — shed for him
your blood. Expel the English foes : — a throne — a palace ! Quick, for our
crookbacked duke, a stately palace ! There form his court. Bow, haughty vassals,
bow ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROOKBACKED»
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crookbacked is used in the context of the following news items.
Diminishing Returns
Serge, in a funk, is sent to a continental spa, where he recovers after a regime of enemas and a sexual encounter with a crookbacked nurse in ... «The Nation., May 15»
Richard III? It's his killer we should really be honouring
There was no contest between the crookbacked king and the young, fit Welshman. The coffin carrying Richard's remains (AFP/Getty). But Rhys ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
Thousands queue to pay respects to Richard III
Thousands of people queued today for a glimpse of the coffin of Richard III, before the crookbacked king is finally entombed at Leicester ... «The Times, Mar 15»
Book review: Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle
... Elizabeth forceful and proud, 'a helmeted Athena'; the gregarious, resilient and beautiful Katherine; and 'crookbacked' Mary with her cynical ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jun 14»
'Now: In the Wings on a World Stage' review: Kevin Spacey's house …
He is a crookbacked, half-formed villain, yes — but he's funny. And he knows his audience, and plays to them, slyly including them in his plans ... «The Star-Ledger, Apr 14»
Review Roundup: TWELFTH NIGHT & RICHARD III Open on …
Rylance takes on the titular crookbacked villain. Linda Winer, Newsday: The ostensible justification for these exhilarating productions is, ... «Broadway World, Nov 13»
'Bunker Hill' and 'Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor'
Fresh evidence can come to light, as Richard III's crookbacked skeleton recently did in an English parking lot. Or new methods can challenge or ... «New York Times, Jun 13»
The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein, The Queen's Gallery …
... fecundity of his vision as well as his interest in the natural world: the crookbacked, fierce-toothed swine leap and snarl with malignant energy. «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 12»
