10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORSELEECH»
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horseleech in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The animals mentioned in the Bible
... and it will be inferred that in one respect at least Palestine has been a gainer
since Biblical times. Horseleech (Heb. alukah). In Prov. xxx. 15 we find the only
mention of the Horseleech, ' The horseleech hath two daughters, crying, Give,
give ...
Henry Chichester Hart, 1888
2
The Romish
Horseleech: Or an Impartial Account of the ...
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
3
The Roman
Horseleech, Or an Impartial Account of the ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
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The Romish
Horseleech, Or, an Impartial Account of the ...
Dicusses religious rites and groups which drew money from England, e.g. indulgences, Knights Templar, King John, etc.
Thomas Staveley, William Stanley, 1674
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Ventriloquized Voices: Feminist Theory and English ...
Erasmus's reference to the horseleech may well be derived from The Book of
Proverbs; the first of the numerical proverbs says “The leech has two daughters: '
Give, give!' their cry” (30.15). As glossed by Renaissance commentators, the two
...
Elizabeth D. Harvey, 1995
6
The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped ...
86 Whether one regarded luxury as a badge of sin or just bad economics, it
raised the possibility that the totality of private consumer decisions in the
marketplace—thousands of colonial strangers indulging their “Horseleech
Desires”—could ...
7
An English and Welsh Dictionary: Wherein Not Only the Words, ...
[a loud, violent, and sometimes affected, laugh] Croch-chwcrthin, crechwen (
ochwerthin,)crcchweu tioedd,mawr-chwer- thin, march-chwerthin. Horseleech, ».
[an insect so called] Gcle 'r match, gele, Diar. xxx. 15. 4 Horseleech, or
horsedoctor.
Could I be one of their flattering panders, I would hang on their ears like a
horseleech, till I were full, and then drop off. (The Duchess of Malfi I.i) While
caterpillars and horseleeches might evoke disgust singly and without much assist
beyond ...
William Ian MILLER, William Ian Miller, 2009
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
The reader, perhaps, may have a very laudable curiosity to be particularly
informed of the different heads with which this hydra, called the Romish
horseleech was furnished. We shall therefore gratify his desire, and leave him to
wonder how ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1770
10
Studies in English Literature
tress Horseleech, a bawd, in front of Candido's shop. Bots agrees to procure
Candido's wife for the courtier, while the others distract Can- dido. They introduce
Horseleech to the shopkeeper as a gentlewoman. The wife, however, will have ...
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Cape Cod Lmb Smb Fishing
Years ago we lived on the Cape and there is a nice little freshwater pond in Truro, just across the dunes from the ocean, Horseleech Pond. «BassResource.com, Sep 12»
