Edward Ward, A Trip to New England (1690)
Date
1690
Author
Book title
A Trip To New-England. With A Character Of The Country and People, Both English and Indians
Publication place
London
Transcription source
EEBO/TCP transcript (Henry E. Huntington Library)
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
travel
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: other
sample: Rum, alias Kill Devil, is as much ador'd by the American English, as a dram of Brandy is by an old Billingsgate. Tis held as the Comforter of their Souls, the Preserver of their Bodys, the Remover of their Cares, and Promoter of their Mirth; and is a Soveraign Remedy against the Grumbling of the Guts, a Kibe-heel, or a Wounded Conscience, which are three Epidemical Distempers that afflict the Country. (p. 10)
sample: Rum, alias Kill Devil, is as much ador'd by the American English, as a dram of Brandy is by an old Billingsgate. Tis held as the Comforter of their Souls, the Preserver of their Bodys, the Remover of their Cares, and Promoter of their Mirth; and is a Soveraign Remedy against the Grumbling of the Guts, a Kibe-heel, or a Wounded Conscience, which are three Epidemical Distempers that afflict the Country. (p. 10)
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