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" Christian name its alias, he always used either the baptismal name or its substitute as it happened to suit his fancy, careless of what others might do. Thus he never called any woman Mary, though Mare he said being the sea was in many respects but too... "
English Surnames: An Essay on Family Nomenclature, Historical, Etymological ... - Página 162
por Mark Antony Lower - 1849
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The Doctor, &c. ...

Robert Southey - 1847 - 722 páginas
...subject who is perhaps too bad to be endured. Custom having given to every Christian name its alias, he always used either the baptismal name or its substitute...though Mare he said being the sea was in many respects but too emblematic of the sex. It was better to use a synonyme of better omen, and Molly therefore...
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The Doctor, &c. ...

Robert Southey - 1847 - 690 páginas
...subject who is perhaps too bad to be endured. Custom having given to every Christian name its alias, he always used either the baptismal name or its substitute...Mary, though Mare he said being the sea was in many re257 spects but too emblematic of the sex. It was better to use a synonyme of better omen, and Molly...
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Hogg's Weekly Instructor, Volúmenes1-2

1848 - 886 páginas
...subject who is perhaps too bad to be endured. Custom having given to every Christian name its alias, he always used either the baptismal name or its substitute...mare, he said, being the sea, was in many respects but too emblematic of the sex, it was better to use a synonyme of better omen, and Molly therefore...
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The Doctor, Etc

Robert Southey - 1862 - 760 páginas
...subject who is perhaps too bad to be endured." Custom having given to every Christian name its alias, he always used either the baptismal name or its substitute...might do. Thus he never called any woman Mary, though Afare he said being the sea was in many respects but too emblematic of the sex. It was better to use...
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The Doctor, &c, Volumen1

Robert Southey - 1865 - 758 páginas
...subject who is perhaps too bad to be endured." Custom having given to every Christian name its alias, he always used either the baptismal name or its substitute...might do. Thus he never called any woman Mary, though ЛГаге he said being the sea was in many respects but too emblematic of the sex. It was better...
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The Public-school Journal: Devoted to the Theory and Art of ..., Volumen16

1896 - 660 páginas
...you are acquainted with Southey's "Doctor Dove," who had no antipathy for shortening female names. "He never called any woman Mary, though mare, he said, being the sea, was in many respects emblematic of the sex. It was better to use a synonym of better omen, and Molly was therefore preferred...
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The Public-school Journal: Devoted to the Theory and Art of ..., Volumen16

1896 - 856 páginas
...you are acquainted with Southey's "Doctor Dove," who had no antipathy for shortening female names. "He never called any woman Mary, though mare, he said, being the sea, was in many respects emblematic of the sex. It was better to use a synonym of better omen, and Molly was therefore preferred...
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Words: Their Use and Abuse

William Mathews - 1896 - 522 páginas
...through the world." The good doctor, however, had no such antipathy to the shortening of female names. " He never called any woman Mary, though Mare, he said,...too emblematic of the sex. It was better to use a synonym of better omen, and Molly was therefore preferred, as being soft. If he accosted a vixen of...
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