haltar

Updated: May 16, 2025

And so the honest fellow built castles upon castles in the air; and the last most beautiful vision of all was Miss Crump "in white satting, with a horange flower in her 'air," putting him in possession of "her lovely 'and before the haltar of St. George's, 'Anover Square."

William Makepeace Thackeray - Men's Wives

But neither are as absurd as the Cockney, who gets off his ridiculous nonsense, as, for example, the following: "Ho Lord, help us to take hold of the horns of the haltar," etc. The observant mind can, by keeping eyes and ears open, extract much of information and amusement when travelling anywhere especially through the West where vigorous thought and action are at all times encountered.

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