10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUGRE»
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maugre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. ...
... is frequent in Old-English: Maugre the Philistins of that citee; maugre his head;
maugre thin eyen; also maugre his (Chaucer). Occasionally maugre, magre,
maugei- operates as a substantive: In the manger of doughte Dogles (Percy Rel.
p.
Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner, 1874
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
1. prep. In spite of; notwithstanding. Sc. The brigands were, to my shame, and
maugre my head, for a time of my own company, LANG Monk of Fife (1896) 54.
Frf. But, dominie, I couldna hae moved, magre my neck, BARRIE Minister (1891)
xliii.
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Sc. The brigands were, to my shame, and maugre my head, for a time of my own
company, LANG Monk ofFife (1896) 54. Fri'. But, dominie, I couldna hae moved,
magre my neck, BARRIE Minister (rflgl) xliii. Per. Intending maugre Jove to have ...
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The poetical works of Geoff. Chaucer
Maugre, malgre, Fr. in fpiteof; maugre, all thy might, 1609 ; maugre, thin eyen,
5897 ; maugre hire hed, 6469, P. 261. The original of this expression appears
more plainly in the following passages, I drede thou eanst me grete maugre, R.
4399 ...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various ...
On man's destruction, maugre what might hap Of heavier on himself, fearless
return'd. By night he fled, and at midnight return'd From compassing. What farther
confirms me that this change of the fleet was a celebrated circumstance in the ...
John Milton, Edward Hawkins, 1824
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Obsolete. Do me not to dy, Ne deem thy force by fortune's doom unjust, That hath,
maugre her spite, thus low me laid in dust. Spenser. Maugre thy strength, place,
youth, and eminence ; Thy valour, and thy heart ; thou art a traitor. Skakspeare.
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A Complete Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A ...
RomC 7643 The maugre youres wolde be. maugre2 prep. [ <MED>; <OED> s.v.
maugre sb. and prep.] in spite of, despite [See maugre1 n.] 24: malgrcl l]. maugre[
l l], maugree[l0], mawgree[2] A KN 1 1 69 A man moot nedes love, maugree his ...
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Old French and comparative Gallo-Romance syntax
Only quite exceptionally does maugre assume prepositional function, namely
when the possessive is replaced by a tonic personal pronoun, when maugre
suen yields to maugre soi (Tobler V 12): n'estes mie bien saiges . . ., qui maugre
moy ...
ture and Graces of Education, endued and enriched •with every Virtue amiable
and commendible, maugre all your vile Reports, invidious Reflections and
scandalous Aspersions: Maugre all your Pulpit Harrangues, stuffed with
downright ...
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A concordance to the complete works of Anne Bradstreet
MAUGRE (6) ELEMEN4444 H120 ELEmen 13:24 H225 humour28:28 H340
MPERS85:17 H1293 MGREC136:11 H3425 mychild218 12 Hp244 MAUL (1)
TDUDLEY1 66:38 H80 But maugre all, that l, or foes could do He sometimes
findes, ...
Raymond A. Craig, Anne Bradstreet, 2000
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUGRE»
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Tour de France - Seraing - Cambrai
36km - BMC now on the front now as the peloton hits Sector 4 at Verchain-Maugre, which is one of the uncared for sections that has been left to grass. BMC's bet ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Jul 15»
Paris-Roubaix to contain 52.7km of cobbles split over 27 sectors in …
The three sections to be shared with the Tour are at Quievy, Saint-Python and Verchain-Maugre. Although predominantly a flat race, the ... «SkySports, Jan 15»
Beggars, buggers, and bigots, part 3
Some people may know the archaic English preposition maugre “in spite of.” It goes back to Anglo-Norman maugré, literally “bad pleasure,” a ... «OUPblog, Mar 14»
How Prince William and Kate Middleton are related thanks to Tudor …
And, in an early warning of what was to follow, he added menacingly: 'I will keep them Her Highness's subjects maugre [despite] the instinct of ... «Daily Mail, Aug 10»
