10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICKTHANK»
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Pickthank. They were then asked, if they knew the prisoner at the bar, and what
they had to say for their lord the king against him ? Then stood forth Envy, and
said to this effect : F . . My lord, I have known this man a long time, and will attest ...
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The New Amplified Pilgrim's Progress
He has railed on our noble lord, the prince Beelzebub, and has spoken
contemptuously of most of his honorable friends.” “Names, Mr. Pickthank,” droned
Hate-good. “Give us names, please.” “Oh, but of course, your honor,” said
Pickthank.
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Sources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714
Then was Pickthank sworn, and bid say what he knew, in behalf of their lord the
king, against the prisoner at the bar. Pickthank: “My lord, and you gentlemen all,
This fellow I have known of a long time, and have heard him speak things that ...
Newton Key, Robert Bucholz, 2009
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Glimpses of Glory: John Bunyan and English Dissent
Embedded in the story are critical observations about oaths, which are no
safeguard against malicious testimony; informers, as represented by Pickthank
and possibly Envy; the Clarendon Code, as implicitly likened to the persecutor/
laws of ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Sc. l'll gar ye chauner there, ye pickthank, CAR-RICK Lain! of Logan (1835) 86.
Galt. A miser, a cuckold, a pickthank, a loon, And a lustfu' auld rogue,
MACTAGGART Enryrl. (1824) 1 10, ed. 1876. Ir. Ah, if my man was here he'd
make these ...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Id. With pleasing tales his lord's vain ears he fed, A flatterer, a pickthank, and a
lyar. Fairfax. It were a wonder, if, after the death of a prince, there should want
some pickthank, to insinuate himself into his successor. Bp. Hall. They must pick
me ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
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The Pilgrim's Progress: With a Life of John Bunyan by Robert ...
Then was Pickthank sworn, and bid say what he knew, in behalf of their Lord the
King, against the prisoner at the bar. Pick. My Lord, and you gentlemen all,
pickthank's this fellow I have known of a long time, testimony. and have heard
him ...
John Bunyan, Robert Southey, 1830
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Pilgrim's Progress: One Man's Search for Eternal Life--A ...
Which saying of his, my lord, your lordship very well knows what necessarily
thence will follow, to wit, that we still do worship in vain, are yet in our sins, and
finally shall be damned: and this is that which I have to say. Then was Pickthank
sworn ...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Pickthank. n.s. [pick and thank.} An ofrL veious fellow, who does what he is not
desired ; I whispering parasite. — Many tales devised, By smiling pickthanis and
base newsmongers. □ .; Shak. With pleasing tales his lord's vain ears he fed, ...
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The Pilgrim’s Progress Companion: Includes Study Guide, ...
Accusation of Faithful by Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank—At that point, three
witnesses came forward: Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank. Envy, who was the
first to take the stand, accused Faithful of claiming that Christianity and the laws of
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NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICKTHANK»
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