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The Vulgar Tongue on Nostr: LAND. How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a ...

LAND. How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man at whose door the glass stands long, or who does not circulate it in due time.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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