10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JIMPNESS»
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A dictionary of science, literature and art, ed. by W.T. ...
The circumstances, therefore, on which, according to this theory, the quantity of
rain precipitated in a given time depends, are the following : The previous
Jimpness of the commixed portions of air ; the difference of their respective
temperatures ...
Dictionary, William Thomas Brande, 1867
2
The farthest north of humanness: letters of Percy Grainger, ...
The children did them well in a way, tho their outstanding characteristics are
gracelessness & dullness, barring 2, who were more Iifelit sparky beings
generally, & "trod" with joy & jimpness. I must certainly learn to Morris-dance,
even though ...
Percy Grainger, Kay Dreyfus, 1985
... or languishing and attractive, or merry and sparkling, just as fitted the mood in
which the fair Phoebe might be when she looked at you. Furthermore, she was
plump, but jimp in the waist withal — not of the jimpness engendered by corsets ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1885
4
Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. ...
... not of the jimpness engendered by corsets and suchlike devices, but of nature ;
and the pink gown in which she was dressed was not too long to hide a pair of
the smallest of feet and most delicately turned ankles that ever supported a ...
The general pinkness of complexion and furbelows, the jimpness of the long trim
waist, the uncompromising bands of black velvet, the showers of fair ringlets. His
hat was off with a flourish, he also took a step forward to meet the curtsey, but, ...
Flora Annie Webster Steel, 1917
6
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
How are they to know that the "jimp middle" of the ballads was in its jimpness in
proportion to the shoulders? The trouble is, that the early rhymesters have used
up the only side of the question capable of poetical treatment. One cannot sing of
...
How are they to know that the "jimp middle " of the ballads was in its jimpness in
proportion to the shoulders? The trouble is, that the early rhymesters have used
up the only side of the question capable of poetical treatment. One cannot sing of
...
8
The Australian Journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, ...
The villagers, however, did not know this, and they were quite satisfied this time
with the neat little girl as she passed them. The fact that the parson had
recognised her made up, in their eyes, for her jimpness and uncoun try tied look,
for he ...
9
Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
547Ç5ft !4hr; »гаг; affaire, f4f%? Ч^ЧТ arffB jimp adj. (Scot.) ®ТЩТТ, Ч^ШТ; С^Ч1,
5rt%ïï; тчч^т; arfv. írarf ^, +Пм!| it, тчч^т çq- îr; л. jimpness У<^<1чн; □ч i *га i ; Гя
^яТ; adj. jimpy *гп?>-д«кт Jimson-weed, Jimpson-weed, Jomes- town-weed n.
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
10
Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Thus his waistcoats appeared to be about half the usual length, the coat-sleeves
tight as stockings, and other things in corresponding jimpness. But to return to our
ship. We rounded Cape Guardafui at last, when the head-wind ceased, and the ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1883
