10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREATCOATED»
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scowl at the tall slender greatcoated figures. And only now does Malaparte see
that, even as the old women precede, the young are cutting a swathe for and are
a shield before a laboring woman, heavy, leaned forward, pulling, it seems a ...
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The Berkeley Square Affair
A gust of wind tossed the clouds over the moon. The intruder reached into his
coat and pulled out a sheaf of papers Malcolm had given him. The greatcoated
man took a quick step forwards and snatched the papers. The wind ruffled the
clouds ...
He greatcoated, cloaked, and comforted his body by a system founded on
observation of the relation of atmospheric conditions to stellar appearances. As
the stars shone steadily or twinkled wildly, as they beamed brightly or glimmered
dimly, ...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1870
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Fireside Tales and Sketches. [Reprinted from “Chambers's ...
It matters not: no one cares to ascertain his name or circumstances ; enough that
he is known by personal appearance to all the neighbourhood as the old
gentleman who pops about. He has a hale old figure, greatcoated in winter, more
light ...
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Millicent Or Our English Homes of the Present Day
The shops that were yet unclosed threw their brilliant light out upon the
comfortless looking Hansoms, and their greatcoated, bemuflled, drivers. The
street lamps too were tripled and quadrupled by the reflection which shone in the
countless ...
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Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the ...
Pregnant; teeming. Greatcoat, grate'kote, n. An overcoat. Greatcoated, grate' ko-
te'd, a. Wearing a greatcoat. Greater, gra'tn, v. t. To enlarge.— v. i. Toincrease; to
becomo large. Obs. Great-Hearted, grate 'hirt-e'd, a. High spirited; undejected.
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The Present State of Navigation on the Thames Considered; ...
Or say you are settlng out on an unavoidable winter-journey, outside of some sort
of vehicle—gloved, greatcoated, muffled up, to meet the inclemency of the day—
hands thrust in somewhere, to keep them warm. Every few miles you come to 'a ...
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Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere, by the author of 'A voyage ...
At the frontier the gentlemen and Mrs. C. descended to show their passports to
two worthy greatcoated Austrian officials, and then we rested for an hour at a little
wayside inn, eating bread and cheese, and gossiping with the old Wirthin and
her ...
... dictates that 'the lower preserve is the one to beat,' because his friends the
poachers are waiting in the upper, for the pheasants to be driven into their hands.
That drab-greatcoated respectability on a blood-horse is 1849.] 63 MATRIMONY.
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1849
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The Seer; Or Common-Places refreshed: By Leigh Hunt. In 2 Parts
But if it is ahard frost, all the world is buttoned up and greatcoated, except
ostentatious elderly gentlemen, and pretended beggars with naked feet; and the
delicious sound of “ All hot ” is heard from roasted apple and potatoe stalls, the
vender ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREATCOATED»
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Soviet Infantry, Winter 1941 figure set in 1/35...
Looks like interesting greatcoated uniforms and equipment, complete with the ammo boxes that are being carried. Nice to see an early war ... «Military Modelling, May 13»
Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front...
Many of the photos illustrate the extreme weather conditions found on the Eastern front, such as the greatcoated artillery crews along with their guns amidst ... «Military Modelling, Aug 11»
Stanley Hall Opera
... Larina's country estate, although a sweltering afternoon in a mini-heatwave made the sight of greatcoated seconds to Onegin and Lensky in ... «Musical Criticism, Jul 11»
A chapter in the 'Life of a Ballet Legend' by Margaret Scott
Hitler had died in his bunker a few metres from the ruined chancellery and Maggie and the officers went to see that too, but greatcoated Soviet soldiers with ... «The Monthly, Mar 11»
DVD now out on Arctic Convoy veterans return to Murmansk
Here is no Admiral but a massive slab of a greatcoated soldier, with endurance and resistance – the spirit of Russia – in every line of it. «For Argyll, Oct 10»
Pop goes the perestroika
In the far distance, greatcoated soldiers chat among themselves. Bitsa Park and the Dukat tobacco plant were among the first places where ... «New Statesman, May 10»
