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lunes, 16 de diciembre de 2013

The Royal Pictures Alphabet (2º parte).

THE
ROYAL
PICTURE ALPHABET.

LONDON:
 WARD AND LOCK, 158,
FLEET STREET.
OBSTINACY,
Stubbornness, Waywardness.

PETS,
Favourites, Spoilt Fondlings.

 QUANDARY,
A Doubt, a Difficulty.

 RIVALRY,
Competition, Emulation.

 SLUGGARD,
An Inactive, Lazy Fellow.

TOPSY-TURVY,
Upside Down, Bottom Top.

UNCOMMON VEGETATION.
Uncommon, Rare, not Frequent.
Vegetation, the Power of Growth

WONDER,
Admiration, Astonishment

No english word begins with this letter.
XANTIPPE,
A Greek Matron, Wife of Socrates.  

 YEARN,
To Grieve, to Vex.

 ZANY,
A Buffoon, a Merry Andrew.

martes, 10 de diciembre de 2013

The Royal Picture Alphabet.

THE
ROYAL
PICTURE ALPHABET.

LONDON: 
WARD AND LOCK, 
158, FLEET STREET.

ABLUTION, The Act of Cleansing.

BARTER, Exchange.

CATASTROPHE, a Final Event
(generally unhappy).

DELIGHTFUL, Pleasant, Charming.

ECCENTRICITY,
Irregularity, Strangeness.

 FRAUD,
 Deceit, Trick, Artifice, Cheat.

GENIUS, Mental Power, Faculty.

HORROR,
Terror, Dread.


 ICHABOD AT THE JAM.
Ichabod, a Christian Name.
Jam, a Conserve of Fruits.


KNOWING,
Conscious, Intelligent.


LUCKY,
Fortunate, Happy by Chance.


 MIMIC,
Imitative, Burlesque.


NEGLIGENCE,
Heedlessness, Carelessness.