10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTMANTLE»
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portmantle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
portmantle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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British Travellers in Holland During the Stuart Period: ...
for the boat from Amsterdam to Haarlem 00:01:07 to have our portmantle carried
thither 00:00:12 our expenses at Haarlem 02:01:00 for the boat from Haarlem to
Leiden and for the portmantle 01:00:03 to see the Prince's House at Haarlem and
...
2
Report from the Secret Committee on the Post-Office, ...
The Ires that the sd footpost shall then and there receive, hee is to bring them to
the sd Towne of Cambridge before the retorne of the Portmantle out of Scotland,
wch is to retorne at a certen daie 8c houre, by wch meanes they maie be upon ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Secret committee on the post-office,
1844
3
Specimens of Cornish provincial dialect, collected and ...
THE PORTMANTLE. AN ould man found, one day, a yung gentleman's
portmantle, as he were a going to es dennar ; he took'd et en and gived et to es
wife, and said: “Mally, here's a roul of lither, look, see, I suppoase some poor ould
...
4
Specimens of Cornish Provincial Dialect
THE PORTMANTLE. An ould man found, one day, a yung gentleman's
portmantle, as he were a going to es dennar; he took'd et en and gived et to es
wife, and said : " Mally, here's a roul of lither, look, see, I suppoase some poor
ould ...
The lettres that the said footpost shall then and there receive, he is to bring them
to the said Towne of Cambridge before the retorne of the Portmantle out of
Scotland, which is to retorne at a certain daie & houre by which meanes they
maie be ...
6
A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete ...
An ould man found, one day, a yung gentleman's portmantle, as he were a going
to es dennar; he took'd et en and gived et to es wife, and said, " Mally, here's a
roul of lither, look, see, 1 supj>oase some poor ould shoemaker or other have ...
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps,
1868
7
The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a ...
An ould man found, one day, a yung gentleman's portmantle as he were a going
to his dennar ; he took'd it en and gived it to es wife, and said, " Mally, here'B a
roul of lither : look, see, I suppoasc some poor old shoemaker or other have los'
en ...
William Chauncey Fowler,
1851
8
English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and ...
An ould man found, one day, a yung gentleman's portmantle as he were a going
to his dennar ; he took'd it en and gived it to es wife, and said, " Mally, here's a
roul of lither : look, see, I suppoase some poor old shoemaker or other have los'
en ...
William Chauncey Fowler,
1855
9
Fortunes of the Stubble family
The ould man, Jan, that was 'es neame, went to 'es work as before. Mally then
opened the portmantle, and found en et three hundred pounds. Soon after thes,
the ould man not being very well, Mally said, ' Jan, I 'av saaved away a little
money, ...
John Richard Houlding,
1870
10
Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by ...
Come, pay the Waterman, and take the portmantle. Lory. Faith, sir, I think the
Waterman had as good take the portmantle, and pay himself. Fash. Why, sure
there's something left in't ! Lory. But a solitary old waistcoat, upon my honour, sir.
Fash.
William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve,
1840
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTMANTLE»
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The Ecliptic, by Benjamin Wood, book review: Meditations on creativity
The Ecliptic begins at Portmantle, a “refuge” for international artists, on Heybeliada, the second largest of the islands. The narrator, Elspeth ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
The Ecliptic review – Benjamin Wood's layered examination of the …
It begins as an account of life at Portmantle, an artists' refuge located ... explore the life led by Knell before she came to Portmantle; in doing so, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»