10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIGHTISH»
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slightish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
White Knees of Hanoi Series: Bishop's Package
... amount of time for the next promotion. Bill was a slightish man and standing in
formation one could hear the wind whistling about his knees. Sober of thought
and religious of routine, Bill was the perfect lackey always expecting his
promotion.
... materials for the Delaware breakwater, there is a beautiful resplendent variety
of ovate lamellar crystals of felspar, having a slightish red color, with a
hornblende base, which fuses into a fine dark enamel. This is a true porphyritic
greenstone.
It was just an ordinary, spidery buckboard drawn by an unusually fine team of
horses, and driven by a slightish man clad in a dark jacket and cord riding-
breeches, with a wide prairie hat drawn firmly down upon his dark head, its brim
deeply ...
This paper contains a considerable amount of useful biological observations, and
some slightish details of the external anatomy ; it. * " Memoiro suV quelques
Acarieus et Thysanoures parasites ou commenseaux des fourmis," in ' Rev. biol.
5
All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal
Nuisance ? Well yes, now you come to think of it, they are a slightish nuisance. I'
ve often felt 'em on the bed, and 'ad to keep a stick anigh me 'andy for to knock '
em off it More nor once or twice they've runned over acrost my face they have,
and ...
6
Life and Work of the Sisters Bronte
... and got all she could out of her. She is called Mrs. Graham, and she is in
mourning — not widow's weeds, but slightish mourning — and she is quite young
, they say, — not above five or six and twenty, — but so reserved ! 4 THE
TENANT OF.
7
Practical Work on the Diseases of the Eye: And Their ...
Fluid. a. slightish tinge of blue, closely resembling the appearance of London
milk. Sometimes the surface of the opake body appears flocculent, like the
surface of a recently broken piece of spermaceti; (see plate 4, fig. 2;) at other
times, radii, ...
8
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
... and got all she could out of her. She is called Mrs. Graham, and she is in
mourning — not widow's weeds, but slightish mourning — and she is quite young
, they say, — not above five or six and twenty, — but so reserved ! 4 THE
TENANT OF.
a Q' '3'WA gm v01mit that Hon. slightish favor." “ What should that be? " I
negotiate like an airship. “We permit him to read proof of those abusive articles." “
So he can cut out the abuse?" I snuggest. ' “Ah not!" say .Sydney. can cut out the
truth.
10
Studien zur englischen Philologie
73, deepish L. P. 34, drunkish Fr. Gr. II. 86, barish II. 377, vaguish IV. 406,
suUimish VI. 286, stupidish VI. 422, idlish IX. 153, squattish X. 17, correctish R. I.
141, plumpish R. II. 172, usefullish T. C. III. 421, slightish T. C. IV. 46, richish
L. M. I. 153.
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIGHTISH»
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slightish is used in the context of the following news items.
Maple Leafs sign Mitch Marner to entry-level contract
But considering Marner's slightish frame. That seems unlikely at this time. (Sort of) welcome to the NHL Mitch. We'll see you in Toronto … in one or two years. «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Jul 15»
A telling visit to a county jail
We met one in Corrections Officer Mark Cavanaugh — a slightish man with a large presence. He has the instincts, and also the training, of a social worker. «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
How the English spy who sought to destroy Parnell tore Irish …
Le Caron was “short and slightish in build; erect like a soldier - imperturbably cool; he has a lofty forehead, and smallish alert eyes… [and] one of the boniest ... «Irish Times, May 15»
2014-2015 Flyers Season Preview: Dawn of the Hextall Era
The slightish fourth-line winger has a knack for the puck and a goal scorer's touch that supersedes his spot on the depth chart. He had a pair of goals in the ... «Section 215, Oct 14»
VIDEO: Did Luis Suarez feign injury to win a penalty against Arsenal …
... because they believe they have been impeded and why European ref's are so hard on English teams for the slightish touch our refs don't know the rules! «Liverpool-Kop, Mar 12»
Steve Martin's 'Gay' Prediction Materializing
It's possible that audiences tired of the "Brokeback" cavalcade, and who've already seen George Clooney's slightish "Good Night, and Good Luck," will find this ... «FOXNews, Dec 05»
