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- adjective Of or relating to the
architect Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788) or the Taylor Institution he founded at Oxford University for the study ofEuropean languages .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Otherwise you would recognize a Taylorian process of small perturbations 'dancearound the point decided.
Hillary Takes Three Out of Four, McCain Comes to End of Primary Trail 2008
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Even if by some miracle Obama is nominated the Taylorian scenario still applies: McCain wins.
Hillary Takes Three Out of Four, McCain Comes to End of Primary Trail 2008
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That book we have in the Taylorian so I wasn't pushed, but the other is not in any UK library.
Rant Miglior acque 2005
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Like Curtius' Gesammelte Aufsätze zur romanischen Philologie for a quid in the Taylorian sale, or the wonderful Public Architecture in Ireland, 1680-1760 by Edward McParland my old History of Art lecturer in TCD that I picked up in Unsworth's on Turl St for £2.
Books and All that Jazz Miglior acque 2005
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Like Curtius' Gesammelte Aufsätze zur romanischen Philologie for a quid in the Taylorian sale, or the wonderful Public Architecture in Ireland, 1680-1760 by Edward McParland my old History of Art lecturer in TCD that I picked up in Unsworth's on Turl St for £2.
Archive 2005-05-01 Miglior acque 2005
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Simmons's proudest achievements were his part in building up the retrospective collections of Russian books in the Taylorian and Bodleian libraries and the creation in Bodley of the only specialised Slavonic reading room in the country.
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That book we have in the Taylorian so I wasn't pushed, but the other is not in any UK library.
Archive 2005-07-01 Miglior acque 2005
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Taylorian juniors, who could not see what Grim wanted with three seats.
Acton's Feud A Public School Story Frederick Swainson
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[9] Michael Angelo Taylor, son of Sir R. Taylor, architect, whose fortune endowed the Taylorian buildings at Oxford.
The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 A. M. W. [Compiler] Stirling
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It was partly because Mr. Ralston became a busy "Graphic" artist, and partly because the Editor was in search of new blood; but the only time Mr. Ralston made his post-Taylorian appearance in _Punch_ (that was not "old stock") was with an article in the Sandford and Merton style, directed against the Duke of Bedford and the Bloomsbury gates.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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