10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIDDLE-FADDLER»
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fiddle-faddler in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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A Passionate Sisterhood: Women of the Wordsworth Circle
She is, to be sure, a sad fiddle- faddler. From about half past ten on Sunday
morning, till two she did nothing but wash and dress her 2 children and herself,
and was just ready for dinner.'"" The letter ends with a rather bitchy reference to
the ...
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The standard pronouncing dictionary of the English language
Fiddle-faddler. Fid' die-fish. s. A term applied to the angel-fish. Fnl 'die- wood, i-
7tmd) s. A plant. Fiddling, j. Act of playing on a fiddle. Fl-del'I-ty, j. (Lat.) Faithful
adherence to duty or obligation ; honesty ; faithfulness, Fi'dea, j. The name of one
of ...
3
Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or The Adventures of a Coxcomb
in Paris, I improved my mind with the reported speech of plausible Sadler, the
fiddle-faddler, the man in armour set up by the Newcastle interest to do battle for
the great tithe-cause, it afforded me a relief almost as great as that conceded to
the ...
Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), 1842
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Ormington, or Cecil, a peer [signed N. or M.].
Arguments against an inevitable measure are to me as insupportable as the
whistling of an easterly wind ; and when, some weeks afterwards in Paris, 1
improved my mind with the reported speech of plausible Sadler, the fiddle-faddler
, the ...
Catherine Grace F. Gore, 1842
... found in Webster's Dictionary:— coc/cnej'y sapientize squeezable dandify
scrankg/ thundery dandyize scribblement transmogmjication dirt pie scriggle
unindiflerency fiddle faddler scrimption anleisuredness jiggumbob skopocracy
wegotism ...
Cold Turkey 70—70—70—70 Zabach reels off a zippy fiddle-faddler in spirited
fashion. DINAH SHORE (Henri Rene Ork) Getting to Know You VICTOR 20-4286
— Taken from the Victor "King and I" album, this is a breezy go by Dinah on one
of ...
I didn't raise you to be a romantic fiddle-faddler. You're a practical soul. There are
legal matters to be considered now, papers to be drawn up, arrangements to be
made — " "The cane, Mrs. Trowbridge," Emma reminded the woman, taking a ...
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Dorothy Wordsworth and Romanticism, rev. ed.
She is to be sure a sad fiddle faddler. From about 1⁄2 past 10 on Sunday morning
till two she did nothing but wash and dress her 2 children and herself, and was
just ready for dinner. No doubt she suckled Derwent pretty often during that time ...
9
The Profession of English Letters
Fatally attracted to maternal, managing women, he married a woman described
by Dorothy Wordsworth as a 'sad fiddle-faddler . . . much to be pitied. . . . Her
radical fault is want of sensibility'; and then, falling in love on at least two later ...
John And as for you, you pathetic . . . fiddle-faddler . . . ! He seizes a heavy
volume and turns on Wally with real savagery. Wally Dishwashers! John Right!
That's it! I'm going to break your bloody skull in . . . ! (He sees Lesley, and stops.)
What?
