10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARE'S-FOOT»
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Hare's-Foot. I was certain of it, Jinny ; I knew you would come back. Jenny. I don't
know. After all. I 'm sure those good people advised me for the best. I'm
convinced it was not my voice, so much as my immortal spirit, they made so very
much of.
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1849
The porch — said the Bishop op Locust-cum-Honey — the porch to — to —
Hare's-Foot. Never mind, Jenny ; I know what you 'd say, — but that mouth of
yours, whence flow such heavenly harmonies, is not to be defiled with the worst
of all ...
Nevertheless," said the hare's-foot with a sudden touch of melancholy, " all .my
career has been mean and miserable. Would you think it? I was even cooked
without gravy, and dished without currant-jelly." An exclamation of sympathy
escaped ...
Douglas William Jerrold, 1867
JENNY LIND AND THE HARE'S-FOOT. PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING—
THE LOOSE SLATE. "COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR. Hare's-Fool. I was certain
of it, Jenny ; I knew you would come back. Jenny. I don't know. After all, I 'm sure ...
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Punch Or The London Charivari
THE STORY OF A FEATHER.1 CHAPTER XXXVIII.— I AM LEFT IN CLIVE'S
DRESSING-ROOM. A COLLOQUY WITH A HARE'S FOOT. Fain would I linger on
the glories of the green-room ; fain dwell npon the deliciousness of that fairy
scene, ...
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Flies for Western Super Hatches
PMD HARE SPINNER Hook: #14-18 standard dry-fly Thread: Tan 8/0 Tail: Light
dun Microfibetts Body: Rusty brown or pale yellow dubbing Wing: Light dun
snowshoe hare's foot hair Except for the hook size range and component colors,
this ...
Jim Schollmeyer, Ted Leeson, 2012
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
Asch. Titjcophilus, p. 26. new ed. Kirlles could not mean petticoats, as has been
guessed, otherwise half-kirtles would be half-petticoats, which they were not. See
HALF-KIRTLE. To Kiss THE HARE'S FOOT, prov. " Spoken to one that comes so
...
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Middle English Dictionary
(a) The foot of a hare; (b) a plant of the genus Geum; prob. the wood avens (
Geum urbanum) ; also, another plant, hare's foot (Trifolium arvense); (c) as
surname, or as nickname of the Anglo-Saxon king Harold I. (a) (al398) * Trev.
Barth.
John Reidy, Sherman M. Kuhn, 1966
To kiss the hare's foot. See quots. 1598: Servingmans Comfort, in Inedited Tracts,
112 (Hazlitt, 1868), Vpon payne to dyne with Duke Humfrie, or kisse the Hares
foote. 1616: Browne, Bnt. Past., II ii, 'Tis supper time with all, and we had need ...
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
According to folklore, the rabbit's foot, or hare's foot, dates back to primitive times
as a symbol of good luck, when people believed they descended from animals.
This belief was called RABBITS' feet are regarded as a good luck charm, but ...
