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Slang and its analogues
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. ...distance between the Pulse and the Arse was much to blame for making such a difference in their Dignities. Ibid., 66. 'Tis the very Arse-gut, the Drain and Sink of Monarchies. 1672. Phillips, Maronides, 120. Some in the next Woods refuge take, For all their Arses buttons make. 1672. Rav, Proverbs, 'Joculatory Proverbs. He rose with his Arse UpWards. A sign of good luck. Ibid., 'Proverbial Phrases.' Arsv-versv... a pretended spell written upon the door of a house to keep it from burning. 1670-80. Radcliffe, Ovid Travestie, 96. Did I, when Flannel was both dear and scarce, Make you Trunk-hose to your ungrateful Arse. 1683. HooKER,Pordage's Mvst. Div., 'Pref.,' 24. As if everi man went the wrong waie to work; All Arsi-vars1. 16S6. Dorset, Faithful Catalogue rochester, Worhs (1718), 11. 32. Her rapacious Arse Is fitter for thy sceptre than thy tarse. 1686. Stuart, Joco-Ser. Disc, 30. Sae take some pity on your love And do not still so Arseward prove. d. 1691. Baxter, Shove to HeavvArsed Christians Title. 1692. Dunton, Postboy Robb'd 1706), 173. Go to, let us not enter Rome, that is, not into a Discourse of Arsev-versev Love. 1694. Motteux, Rabelais, iv. vi. Your Leominster superfine wool is Mine Arse to it; mere flock in comparison. Ibid., ix. A little Shitten-arsed girl. d. 1704. Browne, Worhs, ii. 11. That's Mine A In A Bandbox. Ibid., 187. Luscious words... so intelligibly express'd that a girl of ten... may understand the meaning...; my lord Rochester's songs are Mine Arse to it. Ibid., 204. The pious scoundrels of England rose with their Arses Uppermost. Ibid., i. 68. May... Fistulas thy Arse-hole seize by Dozens. 1704. Swift, Tale of a Tub, x1. Honest friend, pray favour me with a handsome kick on the Arse. Ibid. (1704), Battle of the...
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John Stephen Farmer
173 books6 followersJohn Stephen Farmer (March 7, 1854 – January 18, 1916) also known as J. S. Farmer, was a British lexicographer, spiritualist and writer. He was most well known for his seven volume dictionary of slang.
Farmer was born in Bedford, England. His lifetime work was Slang and its Analogues, published in seven volumes (1890–1904) with William Ernest Henley.
Farmer took interest in psychical research and spiritualism. He was the first editor for the spiritualist journal Light. From 1878, he also edited the Psychological Review, a spiritualist periodical.
He also defended the spiritual medium William Eglinton from accusations of fraud, and in 1886 wrote a biography on Eglinton.
Farmer was born in Bedford, England. His lifetime work was Slang and its Analogues, published in seven volumes (1890–1904) with William Ernest Henley.
Farmer took interest in psychical research and spiritualism. He was the first editor for the spiritualist journal Light. From 1878, he also edited the Psychological Review, a spiritualist periodical.
He also defended the spiritual medium William Eglinton from accusations of fraud, and in 1886 wrote a biography on Eglinton.
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