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He said to me, as we travelled, 'these people, sir, that Gerard talks of, may have somewhat of a PEREGRINITY in their dialect, which relation has augmented to a different language'. I asked him if peregrinity was an English word: he laughed, and said, 'No. I told him this was the second time that I had heard him coin a word.
France is slowly arming, especially with Steam, en attendant a more than possible contest, in which they reckon confidently on the eager co-operation of the Yankees; as, vice versa, an American told me that his countrymen do on that of France. It was what I call his "fifth peregrinity;" his fifth and last.
A new removal, what we call "his third peregrinity," had to be decided on; and it was resolved that Rome should be the goal of it, the journey to be done in company with Calvert, whom also the Italian climate might be made to serve instead of Madeira.
This was the end of what I call his "third peregrinity;" or reckoning the West Indies one, his fourth. This also is, since Bayswater, the fourth time his family has had to shift on his account.
He said to me, as we travelled, 'these people, Sir, that Gerrard talks of, may have somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect, which relation has augmented to a different language. I asked him if peregrinity was an English word: he laughed, and said, 'No. I told him this was the second time that I had heard him coin a word . When Foote broke his leg, I observed that it would make him fitter for taking off George Faulkner as Peter Paragraph , poor George having a wooden leg.
"Sir," said a comparatively grave and respectable demon, addressing the stranger, "I should wish your peregrinity to understand that these imps are mere schoolboys my pupils, in fact.
Peter Paragraph is one of the characters in Foote's Comedy of The Orators. When upon the subject of this peregrinity, he told me some particulars concerning the compilation of his Dictionary, and concerning his throwing off Lord Chesterfield's patronage, of which very erroneous accounts have been circulated.
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