Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mear” in chapter 23 of George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor:
... Greek.
On looking again at your Spanish proverb I am a little uncertain —notwithstanding your ever clear and fair chirography—whether you wrote mear el vado, or mear al vado. . . . . Mear el vado may signify, knocking away the very foundations on which you build.
But quien sabe? The context, if there is one, might show.
Agassiz is having his own way in Brazil as much as he ever ...
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| † | Mear | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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