10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UP WITH THE LARK»
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up with the lark in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Conduct and Treatment of John Crookshanks, Esq: Late ...
That, upon my approaching within a small Distance of the Stern of the Chace,
which was an Englijh Merchant- Ship, that had been lying too a considerable
Time, with all his Sails lowered and clewed up, the Warwick run up with the Lark's
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
References to the early-morning singing of the lark date back to the 16th century.
People often refer to an early riser as a lark, while a late-to-bed counterpart is an
*owL. The phrase up with the lark, 'up very early in the morning', also plays on ...
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Multi-Functional English-Chinese Dictionary
SIi*fliW^ii5ffio shu jia shf, ta xTna aao cai lie de he ta de fu mu qu jiao you.
Phrase: get up / rise with the lark ¥-0. zao qi Example: To go to bed early in the
evening and get up with the lark in the morning is one of the secrets of longevity.
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The Penny Magazine of
the Society for
the Diffusion of ...
To hear the lark begin his flight," we must rise with the first dawning of the day,
and early rising is carried to perfection by those who are " up with the lark." The
lark also sings frequently at intervals during the day, " rising perpendicularly in a
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5
Wise Words and Country Ways
To be up with the lark – an early vocalist in the dawn chorus – is to be an early
bird.Larks are renowned fortheirsweet notes, voiced on the wing, but inmany
placesare threatened bythe destruction of their habitats. In Shakespeare's play ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
up with the lark up very early in the morning. References to the early-morning
singing of the lark date back to the 16th century: the first recorded instance is
found in John Lyly's Euphues. Early risers are often referred to as larks, while
their ...
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Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Vol. II ~ Paperbound
... should be very glad not to get up with the lark, if I could help it. But I am a light
sleeper; and it's better to be up, than lying awake, counting the dismal old church-
clocks, in bed." " A light sleeper ! " cried his friend. " Now, what is a light sleeper?
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Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for ...
It gives you a splendid reputation with everybody to know that you get up with the
lark; and if you get the right kind of a lark, and work at him right, you can easily
train him to get up at half past nine, every time—it is no trick at all. Now as to the ...
Mark Twain, Lin Salamo, Michael B. Frank, 2004
It gives you a splendid reputation with everybody to know that you get up with the
lark; and if you get the right kind of a lark, and work at him right, you can easily
train him to get up at half-past nine, every time — it is no trick at all. Now as to the
...
Mark Twain, Gregg Camfield, 2005
I always used to get up with the lark, till I came under the petrifying influence of
your turgid intellect." “ lkm used to get up with the lark,—O, no doubt,—you'll get
up with the hangman one of these days. But you ought to be ashamed to be
jawing ...
