Word: explains
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...QUEST. - Explain the oath ex officio...
...WHAT is desired, then, is that any person who is disposed to co-operate with me should question such people of Irish birth as he may fall in with, as to their knowledge of ballads, or of persons who know ballads. It may be well to explain what a ballad is, and to give at least the story of one of the commonest. It should be understood by both parties that NO BALLADS THAT HAVE BEEN LEARNED FROM BOOKS, by the reciter or by predecessors, ARE WANTED; but only such as have been passed on from mouth to mouth...
...great novelist, saying that to slander his (F.'s) friend was to slander him (F.). The discussion was finally ended by the chairman's remarking that he wanted the money for building an L to the Concord school; and then he called upon the Sage of that place to explain the object of the present meeting. The Sage explained, and then was asked to explain his explanation...
...Explain as I might, when brought to the Court of Inquiry, it was very evident to the Judge that I was guilty, and I was only set free on receipt of a very large sum as bail...
...Explain the dative here of interest...