10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPRUCELY»
Discover the use of
sprucely in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sprucely and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pope, Homer, and Manliness: Some Aspects of Eighteenth ...
It could be argued that Sprucely«s sins of omission sink him to Wildblood«s level:
his age, class, and income qualify him for public duties which his gender
transgressionsmake himunfit to perform. Nevertheless, a strong impression
remains ...
Carolyn D. Williams, 2014
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The Canadian Monthly and National Review
... and surrounded it with a garden within a tall white picket fence, unoma»
mented and unrelieved by shade or omamental trees. The staring white building
was conspicuous from land and water. It. ,'. was. sprucely. kept,. and. clean,. and.
well.
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An English version ... of F. Mistral's Mirèio, from the ...
Sprucely. prick. up. their. leaves. So. soon. did,. In Provence regenerate, ascend
to heaven Songs of praise, rejoicing to God. Now notice her who's praying in you
grotto, With her white arms tightly folded on her chest. Ah! poor unhappy one!
Frédéric MISTRAL, C. H. GRANT (Translator.), 1867
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Lloyd's Encyclopædic dictionary
[For Spruce (leather) = Prussian (leather). To dress sprucely was to dress after
the Prussian manner. (Skeat.y] A. As adjective: * 1. Brisk, dashing, sprightly. M
Now my sprue* companions.-— Shakesp. : Taming of the Shrew, iv. l. * 2. Trim,
neat.
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New & Original Work of ...
3. (/'(□)□ A bunch of twigs. (Amer.) spruce, a. & s. [For Spruce (leather) =
Prussian (leather). To dress sprucely was to dress after the Prussian inauuer. {□-
□•□'□□), A. As adjective : * L Brisk, dashing, sprightly. "Now my spruce
compnuiuus.
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Father Connell, by the O'Hara family [really J. Banim alone].
school, clad as sprucely as ever, and his scarlet watch ribbon streaking down his
thigh, and behind him again stood Tom Naddy, his hands crippled into each
other, his lips were fixed as if for whistling, although no such sound reached the ...
O'Hara family pseud, 1842
school, clad as sprucely as ever, and his scarlet watch ribbon streaking down his
thigh, and behind him again stood Tom Naddy, his hands crippled into each
other, his lips were fixed as if for whistling, although no such sound reached the ...
John Banim, Michael Banim, 1842
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
We conclude that to dress sprucely was to dress after the Prussian manner ; that
Spruce was early used in place of Pruce, particularly with reference to Prussian
leather; and consequently that spruceisdue toOF. Pruce, mod.F. Prusse, Prussia.
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A dog of Flanders [by] Louisa de la Ramé (Ouida). The ...
These rumors soon were reduced to certainty; for on Saturday afternoon a
sprucely-dressed gentleman was seen at the door of the tavern, and the next
morning that same sprucely-dressed gentleman walked into the village church
with Bessie ...
10
The life of William Ewart Gladstone
Shelley debate he was struck by the contrast " from our long, noisy, shuffling,
scraping, talking, ridiculous kind of looking assembly, to a neat, square room with
eighty or ninety young gentlemen sprucely dressed sitting in chairs or lounging ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPRUCELY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sprucely is used in the context of the following news items.
Proms 2015: Prom 9, Beethoven Piano Concertos, review: 'utterly …
The playing in the Fourth Concerto was as sprucely tailored as it is possible to be, but, much more than that, its shaping, its shading and its sheer unanimity of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Raising the Stakes
All sprucely dressed, the students listened with rapt attention as their representatives answered questions from the hot seat. Their teachers who occupied the ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
James Robenalt traces much that shaped contemporary America to …
As the opening of James Robenalt's sprucely written book "January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever" ... «cleveland.com, May 15»
Where the Bodies Are Buried
It was a sensational event, with the press drawn especially to the Price sisters; the Irish Times described them showing up in court each day “sprucely dressed” ... «The New Yorker, Mar 15»
Hong Kong fine dining: the familiar and foreign
... an expensive indulgence given each one costs €600; experienced staff are sprucely attired in tweed waistcoats and dickie bows; cupped hands, embossed on ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Recordings shine new light on Ireland's War of Independence
If you saw them sprucely dressed, then you knew. You would say then, 'There's 14 of them gone on leave'," he said. He also described how a blackboard was ... «BBC News, Sep 14»
Review: The Merchant of Belfast, BT1's most decadent hotel
Inside, the air was just as decadent: hushed, dim and velvety - and after a friendly check-in, I was promptly ushered to my room by sprucely tailored concierge, ... «Irish Independent, Aug 14»
Hyundai Elite i20 Review: Petrol and Diesel variants
Instrument cluster is also sprucely designed. Everything inside second generation i20 is clear cut. Elite i20 deserves a pinch of sportiness inside cabin, more ... «Rush Lane, Aug 14»
Building the Dream
As expected, the path leading to the conference hall inside Eko Hotel and Suites, where the event held penultimate Friday was filled with hundreds of sprucely ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 14»
How can a school be judged fairly when an inspector calls ahead?
... to ensure any homework was done neatly and correctly, and that our loved ones were turned out sprucely in their uniforms, hair brushed and shoes polished. «The Independent, Jul 13»
