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hour) A farmyard scene with men shearing sheep, from the The Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a 15th-century French manuscript. Period of time comprising 60 minutes; 24 hours make one calendar day. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This is the hour of John Barleycorn's subtlest power. The stillness of the midnight hour is abroad, over land and over sea. Certainly she had ways with her such as I never saw a child take up before; and she put all of us past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day: from the hour she came down-stairs till the hour she went to bed, we had not a minute's security that she wouldn't be in mischief. |
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