10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAGITATION»
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flagitation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
flagitation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
flagitation [fla-ji-tay-shuhn] the action of asking or demanding with passion;
begging. A useful word for parents everywhere: “If you don't stop that flagitation
right now, my answer will be no!” flambuginous [flam-byoo-djuh-nus] a rare
adjective ...
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The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language: A ...
FLAGITATION. Fish lllg (flsh'lug), n.-t'ishiiia-boat, a. boat employed in fi iiinj,r. —
Fishinu-crvii'fi n cruive or in- cloeure for fish in a river. [Scotch. ]— Fishing-line, a
line with books aud bait used iu catching fish. — Fishing-net, a iiet for catching ...
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History of Friedrich 2. of Prussia, Called Frederick the ...
By French industry and flagitation, “the Swedish Army was generally kept up to
about 20,000: “the soldiers were expert with their fighting-tools, knew “their field-
exercise well; had fine artillery, and were stout “hardy fellows: but the guidance of
...
4
History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great
By French industry and flagitation, the Swedish Army was generally kept up to
about 20,000 : the soldiers were expert with their fighting-tools, knew their field-
exercise well ; had fine artillery, and were stout hardy fellows : but the guidance
of ...
5
Romantic Colonization and British Anti-Slavery
... day before the expiration of the Term they are sentenced to work they undergo
the flagitation the same as if they had not work'd there at all'.8 This draconian
coda concerning any shortfall in serving the full term of labour reflects the
argument ...
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Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting ...
Flagitation, (Lat.) an earnest i ntreaty or desire. Flagitious, (Lat.) Ungra- cious,
wicked, Lewd, Vil- lanous. Flagrancy, f Lat .9 a burning, naming, or glittering; an
ardent desire. Flagrant, burning, flaming, shining. Flair, the Seamen say that the ...
By French industry and flagitation, the Swedish Army was generally ' kept-up to
about 20,000 : the soldiers were expert with their fighting- ' tools, knew their field-
exercise well; had fine artillery, and were stout 'hardy fellows: but the guidance of
...
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The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville: Truth from Words
It's enough to try a saint: nothing for it but to blast the book out of him with a hail of
querulous clamorous flagitation – a sonorous, nay 'tumultuous', incantation:
tantum ut, quod noluisti per humilitatem, saltim tribuas per tumul- tuantem ...
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Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire
It's enough to try a saint: nothing for it but to blast the book out of him with a hail of
querulous clamorous flagitation – a sonorous tumultuous incantation: Allthis
soyou'llatleastbestowwhatyourefusedthrough {your}humility, through {my} riotous
...
Jason König, Tim Whitmarsh, 2007
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Origins of the American Revolution
Such as they think reclaimable, they are a little tender of; and those they task,
giving them so many acres to extend in so many days, on pain of flagitation, that
they may not be reduced to poverty, and by that be led to steal from their
industrious ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAGITATION»
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Pennridge student wins Regional Spelling Bee
In Round 10, Jerdan correctly spelled flagitation, which means "an urgent demand." Runner-up Lawrence Song, from Gayman Elementary, ... «Philly.com, May 15»
