10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATIBULARY»
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patibulary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Dream of Fair to Middling Women
... quite too Rio-Santo, focussed on the patibulary melancholy of the lemon of
lemons, was it vinegar then or hyssop on the sponge or the reed of hyssop, and
of course before gliding on to more pleasant topics allusion must be made to
blood- ...
Samuel Beckett, Eoin O'Brien, Edith Fournier, 1993
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Selections from the Speeches, Sermons, Addresses, Etc., of ...
... the Convention, uader the two-thirds rule. There was another attempt of a
different kind to do the same thing. It was with a platform, a patibulary structure,
with a rope over the head and a trap-door under the feet, and so contrived that if
he got ...
Samuel Clement Fessenden, 1869
But when all is considered, I think it really stands for patibulary. Indeed, patibulary
is pre-eminently prognostic of the fate of this Danvelt. Unless – ” “Quiet, Fool!”
The Governor snapped at him. Then he waved his pikemen forward. “Make him ...
4
Wharton's concise dictionary
Patibulary 772 Patibulary [fr. patibulum, Lat], belonging to the gallows.
Patibulated, hanged on a gibbet. Patit, means a Sikh who trims or shaves his
beard or hair (keshas) or who after taking Amrit commits any one or more of the
four Kurahitis.
Ar Lakshmanan, John Jane Smith Wharton, 2009
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Dictionnaire françois-anglois et anglois-françois ... revue ...
PATIBULARY. (pa-iib'-ioa-m-n!),*^. p«-. onginc lo ihe gallows] Patil'ulaire. PA'
nENCE (jt '-.-htn'c*) , s. [the power of suffering] Patiauc, f. To take patience,
Prentire patience. To lose patience, to b« out of patience, Perdre patient e. You
wear out ...
6
The French Revolution: A History ...
... the grim Patibulary Fork 'forty feet high ;' which also is now nigh rotted. Add
only that the French Nation distinguishes itself among Nations by the
characteristic of Excitability ; with the good, but. 1 Fils Adoptif : Mémoires de
Mirabeau, iv. 325.
7
The Life and Times of Dick Whittington: An Historical Romance
He was not able, however, to e eet this object, for having with great pain raised
himself to his feet, he found that the patibulary animal was considerably above
his reach. He therefore resumed his seat on the ground, and, having repeated
two ...
Richard Whittington, 1841
8
The book without a name [essays] by sir T.C. and lady Morgan
With respect to the patibulary department of public speaking, it is falling into such
general disuse, that little need be said on the subject. There is no reason,
however, why felons should not die singing as well as swans ; and there is both a
...
Thomas Charles Morgan (sir.), Sydney Morgan (lady.), 1841
9
The Book Without a Name
... will cause a radical reform of the art, and make the immortality of its fortunate
author. Whoever has taken the trouble of studying the great masters of eloquence
, whether political, contentious, didactic,'or patibulary, must have perceived that ...
Thomas Charles Morgan, Sydney Morgan-Owenson, 1841
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The Book Without a Name
With respect to the patibulary department of public speaking, it is falling into such
general disuse, that little need be said on the subject. There is no reason,
however, why felons should not die singing as well as swans ; and there is both a
...
Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, Lady Morgan (Sydney), 1841