ENGLISH SYNONYSM.
A ihe co|)iouWess '• qt,.%6'.'Englisji' ; tongue, as well as' the d/fficulty pf ' ac- ' ; quiring the v ability .' 'tb use its immense-' ' vbcttbulary 'coneciiy, "is ' weli*|- exbibited in the following • array , of '. syflonymdus wprds.^ybfch^jifup^M : jliiistraliions , of '-. tile : nice aistincUpns' •*-'; which ' characterise 'so Vmany of Jour , vocables. It is no wonder tbat. #eJs'lipL • occasionally,' ev^n" ihe''^wariest' ol^us.', : A. little gi.il was *looidh^' lat''a-picVure!1 at''a-picVure ! of a number of ships, .whoii • 'fSee . wM a fl^k^bpbi^l;;! ;; ; ;w^ . ; corrected' "her , by sjayiti^ thajb a'fl^ck pf. i ships* is .called l^[^^t^&hdt^Kiji^e2!of sheep is, called' a $pcf^.!!^ ,'; may add, fc-r tbe hMeWstis &kstiev: ' who. is mastering* the intricacies '6f' ! our language inrrlslV-^ct^fo ; tudei: findi\^i^'€6t^M^i^ifMM v i- ■ bifivy; tHat'sf Bei^'ot 'wblv^is "jj&MW H psack^ and.that^a* pack ,of .jthieyeß/i? ; callea a ga^^, ahdfa^an^ ol'^ng^ls is A called a host,. at|d a.hP^jt'pf i Wdr*fioii§s ?: ; i^ <^il^li^Ml^bd:a'^|rof UM^A A te naUe'd' a^l&rd.'inft f M%'tcM\kreii & ''and ; aftro f dp''dr par- ; tr^^plgd.^^^n^fv-^pfc • of 'rufpny WMis{% fc&deifrfvW k ' of rubbish 1 a*' Kedti, and 1 - a-'Heap^ BlFpf(3n'is : cMled : a : 'drpvg, "and^'ai* 5 droV-ff oFMacfegu^Vds^i^alleli- a to mdb, : ljiiid^fr mob of whales is called a schodlf 'affd l^ .scbopi.ofr.wpr^hi^pers'&icalledErar cbn-' ;gregation',H!aiid ai'cqn^egatipniJo^{[en?ft; ,0-iileers' is caU£d;a' y corpsi- andia. porti:? oE c ,, robbersr is balled *a's bandy/anjlfa ha'dafAoi . loctis'tspis^jpalled^^ws^arm'faandJfalisi^arn^ > of 1 peopl^ .is s called^ '*■-& icrpwd^*find :^thi^ ; city^s^hfeVbs andi rascals>fa.t6 c!c%iredKtiie(J roughs," and the miscellanobhs*rcroyd*3o*^ the city folks is called ;the T bbmmunity :' or the'publib, jaccpiding^ as* tbey are ; * ;#p^n^pf% -• tife wfs^ Id^i^^c^arW^iS^^M^d^ cy Viip<K nwhi* f*f{( j{*aftiSt.-.-?rri*f> •tiff A-kiiAn *':r 'iAA
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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 16, 22 October 1874, Page 3
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247ENGLISH SYNONYSM. Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 16, 22 October 1874, Page 3
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