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The Victorian Translation of China: James Legge's Oriental ...
only in relation to a partially antiquated English system of Chinese roman- ization
(the so-called Wade-Giles system of transcription).134 The Errors of Leggism
This changing state of affairs with regard to "modern sinology and Taoism" is
aptly ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1870—1920. leggism. The art or the character of a 'leg' (q.v., sense 1): ca.
18201920. leggner. 'sometimes used instead of “stretch” when referring to one
year's imprisonment' (Tempest, who notes 'rare usage'): c.: mid-C.20. ?cognate
with lag ...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
Leatherlungs the Leg" is a biographical fiction," founded upon fact" as notorious
in its general working as any item of modern social economy. Nevertheless, "
leggism " is undoubtedly the greatest anomaly of our time. It is no longer the
fashion ...
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Selections from the Irish quarterly review
... scheming, he discovered that the " Ring" at Newmarket was but a common Hell
, and by fearless energy, by noble perseverance, he did all that man could hope
for in reducing " leggism" to something like the rules of ordinary honesty. Who is ...
... he describes accurately the khans at which he rested, the peculiar kind of
dinners he occasionally feasted or fasted upon, the oriental impedimenta to
European comfort, such as cross- leggism, which he had to get over as well as he
could, ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1851
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the ...
Mankind fly from all grades and classes of the dishonest except the dicer and the
leg, yet they know them to be as fell of purpose as the highwayman or the burglar
. These are hard words, but they are true. None can live by leggism, save those ...
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The Irish Quarterly Review
... scheming, he discovered that the " Ring" at Newmarket was but a common Hell
, and by fearless energy, by noble perseverance, he did all that man could hope
for in reducing " leggism" to something like the rules of ordinary honesty. Who is ...
Nevertheless, " leggism" is undoubtedly the greatest anomaly of our time. It is no
longer the fashion for our nobles to affect the society and occupation of stage-
coachmen, nor for gentlemen to be seen in our streets arm in arm with prize-
fighters ...
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The New sporting magazine
The system of adopting leggism as a legitimate part and parcel of horse-racing is
one that must soon explode ; its utter fallacy — to say nothing of every other
objection to it — cannot fail of being presently admitted on all hands. How well
does ...
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Chess & Chess-Players: Consisting of Original Stories and ...
We hope that the Spaniard was only visited by way of retribution, but fear, from
the masterly strategy of his foes, that they were by no means too particular as to
the qualities of their victim. There is a touch of " leggism" about this adventure, ...
