10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TITTUPY»
Discover the use of
tittupy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tittupy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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I give you my word, and Say the word
Oh Lordi^Did you ever see such_aJittle tittupy thing in, your life? There's not a
sound piece of iron about it, it is the most devilish little ricketty business I ever
beheld.' Jane Austen's tittupy may have something to do with a verbal confusion,
...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1948
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Works: Willkürlicher Gesammttitel für die in der Tauchnitz ...
"Break down! Uh, lord! Did you ever see such a little tittupy thing in your life?
There is not a sound piece of iron about it. The wheels have been fairly worn out
these ten years at least; and as for the body, upon my 52 NORTHANGER ABBEY.
... every year, and talk about their governess, and though she very naturally
imagined, that because she was absent, the high wind would blow away the little
tittupy parsonage, and the ten precious children, yet they really were very
agreeable.
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The Life of Florence Nightingale
"Miss A.[151] Tittupy, flippant,pretensiony, veildown, ambitious,clever, not much
feeling, talky, underbred, no religion, maybe persevering from ambition to excel,
but takes the thing upas an adventure likeNap. III." "NurseB. A good little thing, ...
Sir Edward Tyas Cook, Rosalind Nightingale Nash, 1925
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Collected Works of Florence Nightingale: Collected Works of ...
And I think her ''tittupy'' letters to you are the worst of all. God forgive her for
bringing the whole good cause into discredit. I conclude that you will have
nothing more to say to her. I think she might have done well for a year at St
Marylebone, and ...
6
The Best Australian Poetry 2009
Rain wayworn in the slippery night, drumbling across awnings, gutters, windows,
walls and slowing down those tittupy drops until the sky like a new god glozes
with a little rollicking thunder and lets the first light through in luteous gloops.
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The Language of Jane Austen (Routledge Revivals)
He also uses such recent arrivals in colloquial language as famous (in the sense
'excellent') and tittupy (unsteady), for both of which OED gives 1798 for the
earliest appearance; and he uses quiz (on page 4.9) in a sense which seems to
be ...
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The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2:
"Miss A.[151] Tittupy,flippant, pretensiony, veil down, ambitious, clever,not
muchfeeling, talk y, underbred, no religion, may be persevering from ambition to
excel, but takesthe thing upas an adventurelike Nap. III." "Nurse B.Agoodlittle
thing, ...
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The Best Australian Poems 2009: Easyread Super Large 24pt ...
Rain's drops when they begin to fly as though they're being shuddered off a
shaggy dog. Rain wayworn in the slippery night, drumbling across awnings,
gutters, windows, walls and slowing down those tittupy drops until the sky like a
new god ...
10
Critical Companion to Jane Austen: A Literary Reference to ...
The narrative returns to the subject of the gig, as does the conversation. Thorpe
refers to James's gig as “a little tittupy thing”—in other words, a flimsy, easily
overturned, unsteady vehicle. He then gives Catherine a different account of it: “
Oh, ...
