A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 - English language |
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... Saxon . ] 1. The preterit of do . 2 . Thou canst not say I did it . Watts . Shakspeare . What did that greatness in a woman's mind ? Ill lodg'd , and weak to act what it design'd . Dryden . The sign of the preter - imperfect tense , or ...
... Saxon . ] 1. The preterit of do . 2 . Thou canst not say I did it . Watts . Shakspeare . What did that greatness in a woman's mind ? Ill lodg'd , and weak to act what it design'd . Dryden . The sign of the preter - imperfect tense , or ...
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... Saxon ; dune , Erse , Sandyz a hill . ] A large open plain ; properly a flat on the top of a hill . On the downs we see , near Wilton fair , A hasten'd hare from greedy greyhound go . Sidney . Lord of much riches which the use renowns ...
... Saxon ; dune , Erse , Sandyz a hill . ] A large open plain ; properly a flat on the top of a hill . On the downs we see , near Wilton fair , A hasten'd hare from greedy greyhound go . Sidney . Lord of much riches which the use renowns ...
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... Saxon , lees . ] whore ; a strumpet . A That I , the son of a dear father murder'd , Must , like a whore , unpack my heart with words , And fall a cursing like a very drab ! Shaksp If your worship will take order for the drabs and the ...
... Saxon , lees . ] whore ; a strumpet . A That I , the son of a dear father murder'd , Must , like a whore , unpack my heart with words , And fall a cursing like a very drab ! Shaksp If your worship will take order for the drabs and the ...
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... Saxon . ] is attractive , because physicians observe that fire is a great drarver . Swift . A box in a case , out of which it is drawn at pleasure . There may be other and different intelligent beings , of whose faculties he has as ...
... Saxon . ] is attractive , because physicians observe that fire is a great drarver . Swift . A box in a case , out of which it is drawn at pleasure . There may be other and different intelligent beings , of whose faculties he has as ...
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... Saxon , dreary . ] Spenser . Mournful ; dismal ; sorrowful . In urns and altars round , A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint . Milton . no DRE ARIHEAD . n . s . [ from dreary . ] Hor- rour ; dismalness ...
... Saxon , dreary . ] Spenser . Mournful ; dismal ; sorrowful . In urns and altars round , A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint . Milton . no DRE ARIHEAD . n . s . [ from dreary . ] Hor- rour ; dismalness ...
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