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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Make head

https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qR0QAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA409&dq=%22the+royal+party+made+head+in+England+%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UN7pVJ3yCOT6mQWvo4HgAQ&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20royal%20party%20made%20head%20in%20England%20%22&f=false

-'You must bear in mind,' said I, 'that the royal party made head in England even after the death of the king, and that when they at last fled they probably left many of their most precious possessions buried behind them'

Do the red words mean that those who belonged to the royal family became leader? This is the only explanation I could wrench from those inscrutable words, but it does not make sense and I do not know much about UK history. Could anyone help me?
  

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the royal party made head This means that the royal family and their close supporters gathered an army . The archaic expression 'made head' is not used in modern English. Clive

— Clive

  • the royal party made head This means that the royal family and their close supporters gathered an army .
  • The archaic expression 'made head' is not used in modern English.
  • Clive
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the royal party made head

This means that the royal family and their close supporters gathered an army.

The archaic expression 'made head' is not used in modern English.

Clive
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