10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAISE THE WIND»
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1
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
He's got the wind up all right. raise the wind - (coll) obtain money, especially by
borrowing: He came to me this morning to raise the wind. get through something
get through with something get through something I. work one's way through ...
2
The Actress's Ways and Means to Industriously
Raise the ...
Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this ...
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
See C114. W206 To pass away like the Wind 1657 Wigglesworth Diary 106: The
favour of men, which passeth away like the wind. Whiting W330. W207 To raise
the Wind 1816 Fidfaddy Adventures 80: One half the Battle is won by "raising the
...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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The Chambers Dictionary
... like the wind rapidly; on the windy side (Shakesp) on the windward side, from
which one cannot be attacked, hence safe, at an advantage; put the wind up
someone (slang) to make someone apprehensive or agitated; raise the wind (
colloq) ...
5
The Dublin University Magazine
SIGHING NEVER CAN RAISE THE WIND." " A plague of your sighing — I never
knew good of it ; Wasting the body and weakening the mind — Like a French vol-
anient, 'tis a puff without food in it — Keep up your spirits, and keep down your ...
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THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
SIGHING NKVER CAN RAISE THE WIND." " A plague of your sighing — I never
knew good of it ; Wasting the body and weakening the mind — Like a French vol-
au-vent, 'tis a puff without food in it — Keep up your spirits, and keep down your ...
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Dublin University magazine: a literary and political journal
SIGHING- NEVER CAN RAISE THE WIND. " A plague of your sighing — I never
knew good of it ; Wasting the body and weakening the mind — Like a French vol-
au-vent, ' bis a puff without food in it — Keep up your spirits, and keep down your
...
So in Scotland witches used to raise the wind by dipping a rag in water and
beating it thrice on a stone, saying: “ I hnoh this rag upone this stane To raise the
wind in the dit/ellis name, It sall not lye till I please againe.” 4 At Victoria, the
capital of ...
James George Frazer, 2012
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C.F. Martin & His Guitars, 1796-1873
Two years earlier he had had new circulars printed, which he sent all over the
country "to raise the wind" about Martin's guitars.70 Despite Zoebisch's intense
efforts to control the market for Martin's stock, even minor players in the music ...
10
The Ladies' Literary Cabinet
Il's ever been the study of mankind, In every station, bote to raise the wind; And
who attempts it with the least address. Is oft rewarded with the most success ; As
man}' a novice, by a lucky throw. Has foil'd the science of a veteran foe. liaising ...
