10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAMPACIOUS»
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rampacious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Delphi Dickensiana Volume I (Illustrated)
... the Town Hall, stands an Inn known far andwide bythe appellation of'The Great
White Horse,' renderedthe more conspicuous byastone statue of some
rampacious animal, with flowing mane and tail, distantly resembling aninsane
cart horse, ...
Dickensiana Volume I, 2013
2
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
To storm ; also onthe rampage = (1)in astate of excitement, fromanger, lust,
violent movement, or drink. Whence rampaging (rampacious or rampageous) =(1
) furious, hot (q.v.),wild, or outrageous : and (2)loud (q.v.) : whence
rampageousness.
3
Sketches from a Student's Window
Then the feller becomes rampacious. He begs, and wheedles, and natters, and at
last he swears. I shake my head. Finally he takes out a five- dollar bill ; I slip it into
my pocket, and hand him out the book as if I was stealin, and tell him not to let ...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1841
4
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Containing a ...
fronting the Town Hall, stands an inn known far and wide by the appellation of “
The Great White Horse ," rendered the more conspicuous by a stone statue of
some rampacious animal with flowing mane and tail, distantly resembling an
insane ...
who had a great theory about a horse being able to live without eating, and who
demonstrated it so well, that he got his own horse down to a straw a day, and
would most unquestionably have rendered him a very spirited and rampacious ...
6
The Adventures of Oliver Twist~ Paperbound
... that he got his own horse down to a straw a day, and would unquestionably
have rendered him a very spirited and rampacious animal on nothing at all, if he
had not died, four-and-twenty hours before he was to have had his first
comfortable ...
7
The Calpocalypse: An Allegory in Verse
“You told me in the beachfront clash, Nelbert was smashed by Glads rampacious
stomping his ruined face.” “But Roy? What brought him here?” Harry wiped his
eyes against a shielding sleeve. “Lostatusooneedsus,” moaned the tree, eyes ...
8
The Adventures of Oliver Twist
... greattheoryaboutahorse being abletolive withouteating, and who
demonstrateditso well, that hehad gothisown horse down toa straw aday,and
would unquestionably have rendered hima veryspirited and rampacious
animalon nothing atall, ...
... frontingtheTown Hall, stands aninnknownfarand widebythe appellationofthe
GreatWhite Horse,rendered the more conspicuous by a stone statueofsome
rampacious animal with flowing mane and tail, distantlyresembling aninsane
carthorse, ...
... that he got his own horse down to a straw a day, and would unquestionably
have rendered him a very spirited and rampacious animal on nothing at all, if he
had not died, four-and-twenty hours before he was to have had his first
comfortable ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAMPACIOUS»
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rampacious is used in the context of the following news items.
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You know how the carbon tax is super-expensive, destroying lives with its rampacious financial claws, creeping after your children with mouth agape, ready to ... «The Vine, Nov 13»
Charles Dickens gets Bury St Edmunds Society blue plaque
... historian, said: "He was extremely impressed, not only by the fine building, but he loved the horse [above the door] which he called a 'rampacious animal'. «BBC News, Feb 12»
