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There was a sturdy genuineness about the man that forbade him to assume, and his phraseology was the natural outgrowth of his mind and his early education.— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
It was, in fact, one of those formations, of which many are met with in the plateaux-lands of America, known in Spanish phraseology as mesas_.— The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
There is also the excitement attendant on the industries of the hour--the cares of the cotton-planting, with speculations about the success of the crop--these, with a hundred like thoughts and things, hinder him from so frequently recurring to, or so long dwelling on, that which can but cruelly distress It is the night succeeding that in which the mestizo made his private pyrotechnic display; and Colonel Armstrong with his future son-in-law is seated in the former refectory of the mission, which they have converted into a decent dining-room They are not alone, or, as in French phraseology better expressed, chez eux memes_.— The Death Shot A Story Retold
There was also seen the fruit called by the voyageurs "le poire," but which in English phraseology is known as the "service-berry" (_Amelanchier ovalis_).— The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North
This last, which is of four kinds, and may be called in English phraseology, "almond rock," is brought to your door, and buy it you must.— Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries

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